1 School of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.
2 Department of Media Studies (IMS), Stockholm University, Sweden.
Crisis. 2017 Jul;38(4):217-226. doi: 10.1027/0227-5910/a000444. Epub 2017 Feb 23.
Since the mid-1990s concerns have been raised regarding the possible links between suicide and the Internet, especially among adolescents and young adults.
To identify the nature and extent of the scientific publications, especially original research studies, on suicide and the Internet, and to investigate how the field has developed over time. In particular, this mapping study looks at types of publications, topic areas, focus of original research papers, and suicide-related variables of interest in publications.
A search of three major databases (PubMED, PsycINFO, and Sociological Abstracts) was conducted to identify papers published until the end of January 2015.
The study identified 237 publications on suicide and the Internet published from 1997 to the end of January 2015. These included 122 original research papers. The three most frequent topic areas covered in publications were searching for information on suicide, online interventions, and online suicide-related behaviors. The online mediums most frequently studied were online forums/message boards, search engines, intervention and information websites, and social media.
The mapping study did not include an analysis of results of research studies and did not assess their quality.
The field is rapidly evolving, as seen in the recent increase in the number of publications. However, there are gaps in terms of the countries where research is conducted and the coverage of topics.
自 20 世纪 90 年代中期以来，人们对互联网与自杀之间可能存在的联系表示担忧，尤其是在青少年和年轻人中。
确定与互联网和自杀相关的科学出版物（尤其是原始研究）的性质和数量，并调查该领域随时间的发展情况。特别是，本制图研究着眼于出版物的类型、主题领域、原始研究论文的重点以及出版物中与自杀相关的感兴趣变量。
对三个主要数据库（PubMED、PsycINFO 和 Sociological Abstracts）进行了搜索，以确定截至 2015 年 1 月底发表的论文。
研究确定了 1997 年至 2015 年 1 月底发表的 237 篇与互联网和自杀相关的出版物，其中包括 122 篇原始研究论文。出版物中最常涉及的三个主题领域是搜索自杀信息、在线干预和在线与自杀相关的行为。研究中最常涉及的在线媒介是在线论坛/留言板、搜索引擎、干预和信息网站以及社交媒体。
制图研究未包括对研究结果的分析，也未评估其质量。
该领域正在迅速发展，这可以从出版物数量的近期增加看出。但是，在研究开展的国家和主题涵盖范围方面存在差距。
