SoMe and Self Harm: The Use of Social Media in Depressed and Suicidal Youth

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dc.contributor.authorCarey, Jennifer Lee
dc.contributor.authorChapman, Brittany
dc.contributor.authorChai, Peter
dc.contributor.authorJake-Schoffman, Danielle
dc.contributor.authorCarreiro, Stephanie
dc.contributor.authorNader, Nathalie
dc.contributor.authorPagoto, Sherry
dc.date.accessioned2017-12-28T01:50:31Z
dc.date.available2017-12-28T01:50:31Z
dc.date.issued2018-01-03
dc.description.abstractIncreased access and use of social media on smartphones and tablets have changed interpersonal communication styles. Because of the ease of social media access and the ability to reach a large number of individuals, social media is an ever more important modality that connects individuals. Importantly, adolescents have adopted social media platforms to discuss issues related to mental health. There is little existing data regarding how adolescents who are depressed or suicidal use social media prior to treatment in the emergency department (ED) for medical care of their psychiatric illness. In this paper, we present formative evidence of social media behaviors in 29 adolescents seeking emergency care for depression or suicidal ideation. Participants were surveyed regarding social media use and motivations to post content regarding depression, death or dying. Among the participants who allowed the research team to view their social media accounts, 40% (n=6) posted content related to depression, death or dying, while 20% (n=3) wrote that they felt depressed and 13.3% (n=2) posted that they wanted to die. Qualitative discussions with participants provided description of reasons for posting content on social media about depression, death and dying, or reasons that individuals refrained from posting online. Despite methodological and technical challenges in research, social media may prove be valuable in detection and intervention of adolescents who are depressed and contemplating suicide.
dc.format.extent7 pages
dc.identifier.doi10.24251/HICSS.2018.420
dc.identifier.isbn978-0-9981331-1-9
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10125/50308
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofProceedings of the 51st Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.subjectSocial Media and Healthcare Technology
dc.subjectAdolescents, depression, self-harm, social media, suicidal ideation
dc.titleSoMe and Self Harm: The Use of Social Media in Depressed and Suicidal Youth
dc.typeConference Paper
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