Department of Psychiatry, Jawahar Lal Nehru Memorial Hospital, Srinagar 190003, India.
Department of Psychiatry, University of Kelaniya, Kelaniya 11300, Sri Lanka.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 Oct 11;19(20):13001. doi: 10.3390/ijerph192013001.
Facebook represents a new dimension for global information sharing. Suicidal behaviours and attempts are increasingly reported on Facebook. This scoping review explores the various aspects of suicidal behaviours associated with Facebook, discussing the challenges and preventive measures.
PubMed, Google Scholar, and Scopus were searched for related articles published in English up to October 2021, using different combinations of "Facebook" and "suicide". A group of experts comprising consultant psychiatrists screened the records and read the full-text articles to extract relevant data. Twenty-eight articles were chosen as relevant and included in the review under four selected themes.
Facebook impacts on suicidal behaviours in different aspects. Announcing suicides through sharing notes or personal information may lead to the prediction of suicide but be harmful to the online audience. Live-streaming videos of suicide is another aspect that questions Facebook's ability to monitor shared contents that can negatively affect the audience. A positive impact is helping bereaved families to share feelings and seek support online, commemorating the lost person by sharing their photos. Moreover, it can provide real-world details of everyday user behaviours, which help predict suicide risk, primarily through novel machine-learning techniques, and provide early warning and valuable help to prevent it. It can also provide a timeline of the user's activities and state of mind before suicide.
Social media can detect suicidal tendencies, support those seeking help, comfort family and friends with their grief, and provide insights via timelining the users' activities leading to their suicide. One of the limitations was the lack of quantitative studies evaluating preventative efforts on Facebook. The creators' commitment and the users' social responsibility will be required to create a mentally healthy Facebook environment.
Facebook 代表了全球信息共享的新维度。在 Facebook 上越来越多地报告自杀行为和企图。本范围审查探讨了与 Facebook 相关的各种自杀行为方面，讨论了挑战和预防措施。
使用“Facebook”和“自杀”的不同组合，在 PubMed、Google Scholar 和 Scopus 上搜索截至 2021 年 10 月发表的英文相关文章。一组由顾问精神科医生组成的专家筛选记录并阅读全文文章以提取相关数据。选择了 28 篇文章作为相关文章，并根据四个选定主题将其纳入审查。
Facebook 以不同方式影响自杀行为。通过共享笔记或个人信息宣布自杀可能会导致自杀预测，但对在线观众有害。自杀直播视频是另一个质疑 Facebook 监控共享内容能力的方面，这可能会对观众产生负面影响。纪念逝者，分享他们的照片，帮助失去亲人的家庭在网上分享感受并寻求支持，这是一个积极的影响。此外，它可以提供用户日常行为的真实世界细节，这有助于通过新颖的机器学习技术预测自杀风险，并提供早期预警和宝贵的帮助来预防自杀。它还可以提供用户自杀前的活动和心理状态时间表。
社交媒体可以检测自杀倾向，支持寻求帮助的人，安慰悲痛中的家人和朋友，并通过为用户自杀前的活动时间线提供见解。一个限制是缺乏评估 Facebook 上预防工作的定量研究。需要创作者的承诺和用户的社会责任来创建一个心理健康的 Facebook 环境。
