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Developing Social Media-Based Suicide Prevention Messages in Partnership With Young People: Exploratory Study.

Jo RobinsonEleanor BaileySarah Elisabeth HetrickSteve PaixMatt O'DonnellGeorgina CoxMaria FtanouJaelea Skehan
Published in: JMIR mental health (2017)
This study suggests that young people can be safely engaged in developing suicide prevention messages, which can be disseminated via social media. Engaging young people in this process may improve the traction that such campaigns will have with other young people. The study also suggests that educating young people regarding how to talk safely about suicide online has multiple benefits and is not associated with distress. Overall, these findings pave the way for new approaches to prevent suicide among young people.
Keyphrases
  • social media
  • health information
  • healthcare