INTERNET AND SUICIDE -- INTERNET AND SUICIDE -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- THE INTERNET IN SUICIDE PREVENTION AND PROMOTION -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- VULNERABLE POPULATIONS -- THE INTERNET IN THE PROMOTION OF SUICIDE -- Non-Interactive Web-Sites as a Means Of Promoting Suicide -- Web-Sites Describing Methods -- Web-Sites that Glamorize Suicide -- Web-Sites that Oppose Established Treatments for Mental Illness -- Interactive Web-sites as a Means of Promoting Suicide -- Chat Rooms -- Suicide Pacts -- Message Boards, Weblogs, and Joke Forums -- Acquisition of Dangerous Substances -- THE INTERNET IN THE PREVENTION OF SUICIDE -- Difficulty in Regulating Internet Content -- THE PREVENTION/PROMOTION DEBATE -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- THE INTERNET: ITS ROLE IN THE OCCURRENCE AND PREVENTION OF SUICIDE -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- THE INFLUENCE OF MEDIA -- THE INTERNET -- INTERNET AND HEALTH -- INTERNET AS A PRO-SUICIDE TOOL -- Suicide Methods -- Newsgroups or Discussion Forums / Chat Rooms -- Suicide Pacts -- Online Disinhibition Effect and Cybersuicide -- INTERNET AS AN ANTI-SUICIDE TOOL -- Support Groups/Help Line -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- THE ADVANTAGES AND THE DISADVANTAGES OF THE INTERNET IN PREVENTING SUICIDE -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- PURPOSE -- METHODS -- RESULTS -- DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION -- The Advantages of the Internet -- The Disadvantages of the Internet -- Proposals -- REFERENCES -- WEB-BASED SUICIDE PREVENTION EDUCATION: INNOVATIONS IN RESEARCH, TRAINING, AND PRACTICE -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- THE CHALLENGE -- HOW MANY SUICIDE PREVENTION GATEKEEPERS DO WE NEED? -- LEVERAGING THE POWER OF THE WEB -- Time Savings -- Convenience -- Cost and Return on Investment -- STANDARDIZED TRAINING DELIVERED IN A STANDARDIZED FASHION -- ONLINE QPR GATEKEEPER TRAINING: A STANDARD CORE PROGRAM WITH CUSTOMIZATION.

Blending Face-to-Face Support with Online Training -- Cultural Adaptation and Customization -- THE AUSTRALIAN EXPERIMENT -- RESULTS OF THE EVALUATION -- PERCEIVED SELF-EFFICACY -- CHANGES IN BEHAVIOR BY PARTICIPANTS -- DISCUSSION OF RESULTS OF THIS STUDY -- PROBLEMS ENCOUNTERED -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENT -- REFERENCES -- IMPROVING PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE IN SUICIDE PREVENTION THROUGH ONLINE TRAINING: A CASE EXAMPLE -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- HISTORY -- WORKSHOP CONTENT -- MARKETING -- CONTINUING EDUCATION UNITS -- HUMAN RESOURCES AND INFRASTRUCTURE -- EVALUATION -- EVALUATION RESULTS -- CONCLUSION -- APPENDIX 1. WORKSHOP LEARNING OBJECTIVES -- REFERENCES -- INTERNET RESOURCES FOR PREVENTING SUICIDE -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- THE INTERNET AS A FACILITATOR OF SUICIDE -- THE INTERNET AND SUICIDE PREVENTION -- SAHAR -- Support Groups -- The Befrienders: Suicide Prevention By E-Mail -- The Client -- The Process -- Discussion -- E-Therapy -- Caveats From Experiences with Telephone Therapy -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- PREVENTING SUICIDE THROUGH THE INTERNET -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- INTERNET: E-MERGENCY ROOM -- SUICID-E-PREVENTION -- PRO-SUICID-E-LIMINATION -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- WARNING SIGNS FOR SUICIDE: SAFE AND EFFECTIVE INFORMATION DELIVERY ONLINE -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION: WHY FOCUS ON WARNING SIGNS? -- PUBLIC AWARENESS AND EDUCATION -- THE INTERNET AND MENTAL HEALTH INFORMATION -- ONLINE INFORMATION, MISINFORMATION AND ITS IMPACT -- Quality of Information Online -- Internet User Behavior and the Impact of Health Information -- Effects of Exposure to Information about Suicide -- WARNING SIGNS FOR SUICIDE: AAS CONSENSUS -- Warning Signs vs. Risk Factors -- AAS Consensus Warning Signs -- INFORMATIONAL RESOURCES ON THE INTERNET -- Resources for at Risk Individuals and Concerned Others -- Resources for Helping Professionals.

CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- A POTENTIAL SOURCE OF DATA IN UNDERSTANDING YOUTH SUICIDE - INSTANT MESSAGES -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- ANN'S DEATH -- INFORMATION FROM THE CORONER'S REPORT -- INFORMATION FROM THE INTERVIEW WITH ANN'S MOTHER -- 1. Socio-demographics Characteristics -- 2. Psychiatric Conditions -- 3. Psychological Factors -- 4. Recent Life Events Variables -- INFORMATION FROM ANN'S INSTANT MESSAGES AND WRITINGS RETRIEVED FROM HER COMPUTER -- DISCUSSION -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENT -- REFERENCES -- INTERNET AND EMERGING SUICIDE METHOD: A CASE STUDY OF CONTAGION OF CHARCOAL BURNING SUICIDES VIA THE INTERNET -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- REVIEW OF CASE REPORTS -- Age and Gender -- Rare Suicide Methods Requiring Know-how -- Ways to Locate the Information Sources -- Motivations -- CASE STUDY: CHARCOAL BURNING SUICIDES ACROSS ASIAN COUNTRIES -- DISCUSSION -- Theoretical Explanations -- What Can we Do to Prevent the Contagion via Internet? -- Call for Research -- Understanding the Epidemiology of Internet Effect on Suicide -- Operationalizing the Exposure to Internet Effect -- Methodological Issues -- Evaluating the Interventions -- ACKNOWLEDGMENT -- REFERENCES -- "I AM SO SICK OF THIS LIFE": A SEMIOTIC ANALYSIS OF SUICIDAL MESSAGES ON THE INTERNET -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- THEORETICAL BACKGROUND -- The Quest for Understanding Suicide -- Suicide and the Internet -- THE CURRENT STUDY -- Data and Analysis -- Results -- Semiotic Analysis of Messages in an Online Support Group -- Semiotic Analysis of Messages in Personal Chats -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- THE INTERNET AND SUICIDE PACTS -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- TRADITIONAL SUICIDE PACTS -- CYBERSUICIDE PACTS -- ROLE OF THE INTERNET IN SUICIDE PACTS -- PREVENTION OF CYBERSUICIDES AND CYBERSUICIDE PACTS -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES.

INTERNET AS A HEALING OR KILLING TOOL IN YOUTH SUICIDE PHENOMENON -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- THE INTERNET -- "KILLING" RELATIONSHIP - NET SUICIDE, NET SUICIDE PACT -- SUICIDE CONTAGION AMONG TEENS VIA INTERNET -- RELATION BETWEEN SUICIDE AND INTERNET ABUSE -- SUICIDE FORUMS AND YOUTH -- THE ROLE OF MEDIA -- "HEALING" RELATIONSHIP -- INTERNET AS A TOOL IN SCREENING OF SUICIDE -- INTERNET BASED MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES PROGRAMMS FOR YOUTH -- ONLINE SUPPORT CHAT -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- EXPLORING SELF-INJURY AND SUICIDE IN RELATION TO SELF-HARM DISCUSSION GROUPS ON THE INTERNET -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- THE CONSTRUCTION OF 'US' AND 'THEM' -- CONSTRUCTION OF CUTTING AS AN ADDICTION -- THE PHYSICAL AND PHYSIOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF SELF-HARMING -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- "ACROSS THE STREET - NOT DOWN THE ROAD" - STAYING ALIVE THROUGH DELIBERATE SELF-HARM -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- NUMBERS, LABELS AND ILLUSIONS -- ON THE INTERNET -- TO UNDERSTAND OR TO LISTEN? -- TO STAY CLOSE -- IS THERE A PLACE FOR PSYCHIATRY? -- THE PACE OF CHANGE -- ME AND I IN THE 21ST CENTURY -- PATHS AHEAD, BRIDGING THE GAP -- Systemic Approach -- Empowerment Strategies -- Implications -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- BORDERLINE PERSONALITY, CONTAGION, AND THE INTERNET -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- BORDERLINE PERSONALITY: A BRIEF OVERVIEW -- KNOWN SUICIDE RISK FACTORS IN BORDERLINE PERSONALITY -- Internal Risk Factors -- General Psychological Features -- Past Suicide Attempts -- Axis I Comorbidity -- Axis II Comorbidity -- External Risk Factors -- Adverse Life Events -- Parental Dysfunction -- Poor Social Adjustment in the Immediate Family -- Childhood Abuse -- Interpersonal Stressors in Adulthood -- General Conclusions -- SUICIDE ATTEMPTS/COMPLETIONS AND THE INTERNET -- BORDERLINE PERSONALITY AND HYPER-RESPONSIVENESS TO THE ENVIRONMENT -- CONTAGION PHENOMENA.

PUTTING THE PIECES TOGETHER -- CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- INFORMATION FOR CRISIS INTERVENTION AND SUICIDE PREVENTION RESOURCES FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS ON THE INTERNET -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN ADDICTIVE AND SUICIDAL BEHAVIOUR -- THE INTERNET AS A SOURCE FOR HELP AND SUPPORT -- INTERNET PAGES FOR HELP AND SUPPORT FOR ADDICTS IN ENGLISH AND IN GERMAN LANGUAGE -- CONCLUSION -- CHALLENGES FOR FUTURE RESEARCH -- REFERENCES -- EFFECT OF MASS MEDIA ON SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR IN PATIENTS WITH PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- CLASSICAL MASS MEDIA AND SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR -- THE INTERNET AND SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR -- PSYCHOTIC SUICIDE AND MASS MEDIA -- INTERNET THERAPEUTICAL POTENTIAL FOR SUICIDE PREVENTION IN PSYCHOTIC PATIENTS -- INTERNET RESOURCES -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- THE USE OF THE INTERNET FOR RESEARCH ON SUICIDES IN THE ELDERLY -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- LITERATURE SEARCH IN THE PLANNING OF RESEARCH -- CROSS-NATIONAL VARIATIONS IN ELDERLY SUICIDE RATES -- CROSS-NATIONAL AND NATIONAL STUDIES EXAMINING TRENDS IN ELDERLY SUICIDE RATES OVER TIME -- AGE-ASSOCIATED TRENDS IN SUICIDE RATES -- PROTECTIVE AND RISK FACTORS -- PITFALLS IN USING DATA ON ELDERLY SUICIDE RATES FROM THE INTERNET -- MISCELLANEOUS USE OF THE INTERNET IN RESEARCH OF ELDERLY SUICIDES -- PUBLICATION OF THE FINDINGS OF RESEARCH ON ELDERLY SUICIDES -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- FOR BETTER OR FOR WORSE? SUICIDE AND THE INTERNET IN THE WORLD TODAY -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- The Media and Suicide -- The Internet and Suicide -- Who Is most Vulnerable? -- For Better or for Worse? Making the Best of it -- HOW CAN CLINICIANS HELP? -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- MEDIA SUICIDE-REPORTS, INTERNET USE AND THE INCIDENCE OF SUICIDES IN JAPAN -- ABSTRACT -- BACKGROUND -- METHODS -- Study Period -- Data Collection.

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