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Internet and Suicide

"Internet and Suicide" chapter abstracts

altaltInternet has become an integral part of the life of millions of people in the Western countries and in the developing world. Millions of people search for mental health information on the Internet, and there is a lot. Multiple web sites offer a plethora of information on different topics. Recent research suggests that Internet may play a role in suicide prevention. At the same time, there is an increasing concern that Internet may promote suicidal behavior. Some authors call Internet a double-edge tool. Internet providers try to seek a balance between preventing Internet-arranged suicides and safeguarding freedom of expression. The relationship between Internet and suicide is perplex. Understanding the impact of Internet on suicidal behavior is an important challenge for future research. We hope that this book will contribute to this goal. We believe that this book will be of interest to clinicians, researchers, and the general public.

Publisher: Nova Science Publishers

Editors: Leo Sher and Alexander Vilens

Chapter abstracts:
1 The Internet in suicide prevention and promotion
2 The Internet: Its role in the occurrence and prevention of suicide
3 The advantages and the disadvantages of the Internet in preventing suicide
4 Web-based suicide prevention education: Innovations in research, training, and practice
5 Improving public health practice in suicide prevention through online training: A case example
6 Internet resources for preventing suicide
7 Preventing suicide through the Internet
8 Warning signs for suicide: Safe and effective information delivery online
9 A potential source of data in understanding youth suicide — Instant messages
10 Internet and emerging suicide method. A case study of contagion of charcoal burning suicides via the internet
11 "I am so sick of this life": A semiotic analysis of suicidal messages on the Internet
12 The internet and suicide pacts
13 Internet as a healing or killing tool in youth suicide phenomenon
14 Exploring self-injury and suicide in relation to self-harm discussion groups on the Internet
15 "Across the street – not down the road" - staying alive through deliberate self-harm
16 Borderline personality, contagion, and the Internet
17 Information for crisis intervention and suicide prevention resources for individuals with substance use disorders on the Internet
18 Effect of mass media on suicidal behavior in patients with psychotic disorders
19 The use of the internet for research on suicides in the elderly
20 For better or for worse? Suicide and the Internet in the World Today
21 Media suicide-reports, Internet use and the incidence of suicides in Japan
22 Internet-associated suicide in Japan
23 Hard-to-reach populations and stigmatized topics: Internet-based mental health research for Japanese men who are gay, bisexual, or questioning their sexual orientation
24 Suicide in china in the era of the Internet
25 Internet communication about assisted or "rational" suicide: legal and ethical considerations for practice
26 Can suicide be quantified and categorized?
27 Mental illness and suicide
28 The concept of post-traumatic mood disorder, suicidal behavior in war veterans and possible use of internet-based therapies in the treatment of war veterans with posttraumatic mood disorder
29 Internet suicide phenomenon in Japan