Leveraging the Web and Social Media to Promote Access to Care Among Suicidal Individuals
After two decades of exponential development, the Internet has become an inseparable component of suicide prevention matters. More specifically, social media has turned out to be a privileged space for suicidal individuals to express their distress and seek support. Although this tendency carries wi...
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doaj-5b9fbdd83d31450ca93734f0577b2b782020-11-24T21:17:18ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782018-08-01910.3389/fpsyg.2018.01338373282Leveraging the Web and Social Media to Promote Access to Care Among Suicidal IndividualsCharles-Edouard Notredame0Charles-Edouard Notredame1Charles-Edouard Notredame2Pierre Grandgenèvre3Pierre Grandgenèvre4Nathalie Pauwels5Margot Morgiève6Marielle Wathelet7Guillaume Vaiva8Guillaume Vaiva9Guillaume Vaiva10Monique Séguin11Monique Séguin12Department of Psychiatry, Centre Hospitalier Regional et Universitaire de Lille, Lille, FranceSCALab, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Lille, FranceMcGill Group for Suicide Studies, Douglas Institute, McGill University, Montreal, QC, CanadaDepartment of Psychiatry, Centre Hospitalier Regional et Universitaire de Lille, Lille, FranceSCALab, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Lille, FranceFédération Régionale de Recherche en Psychiatrie et Santé Mentale des Hauts-de-France, Lille, FranceDepartment of Psychiatry, Fondation FondaMental, Hospital Albert Chenevier, Créteil, FranceDepartment of Public Health, Centre Hospitalier Regional et Universitaire de Lille, Lille, FranceDepartment of Psychiatry, Centre Hospitalier Regional et Universitaire de Lille, Lille, FranceSCALab, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Lille, FranceFédération Régionale de Recherche en Psychiatrie et Santé Mentale des Hauts-de-France, Lille, FranceMcGill Group for Suicide Studies, Douglas Institute, McGill University, Montreal, QC, CanadaDepartment of Psychology, Université du Québec en Outaouais, Gatineau, QC, CanadaAfter two decades of exponential development, the Internet has become an inseparable component of suicide prevention matters. More specifically, social media has turned out to be a privileged space for suicidal individuals to express their distress and seek support. Although this tendency carries with it specific risks and challenges, it creates unprecedented opportunities to face the challenges of help seeking and access to care. In this paper, we present the empirical, technological, and theoretical evidence supporting the implementation of a digitally augmented prevention policy that would increase its reach. Congruent to the clinical observations and theories on the help-seeking process, we argue that social media can help undertake three main functions of increasing proactivity to bring suffering Web users to care. The gateway function relates to the properties of social media interactions to leverage help-seeking barriers and enable ambivalent individuals to access the mental healthcare system. The communication outreach function aims to broadcast pro-help-seeking messages, while drawing on the functional structure of the social media network to increase its audience. The intervention outreach function consists in using machine learning algorithms to detect social media users with the highest risk of suicidal behaviors and give them a chance to overcome their dysfunctional reluctance to access help. We propose to combine these three functions into a single coherent operational model. This would involve the joint actions of a communication and intervention team on social networks, working in close collaboration with conventional mental health professionals, emergency service, and community resources.https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.01338/fullsuicidepreventionInternetonline systemssocial mediaaccess to care |
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Charles-Edouard Notredame Charles-Edouard Notredame Charles-Edouard Notredame Pierre Grandgenèvre Pierre Grandgenèvre Nathalie Pauwels Margot Morgiève Marielle Wathelet Guillaume Vaiva Guillaume Vaiva Guillaume Vaiva Monique Séguin Monique Séguin Leveraging the Web and Social Media to Promote Access to Care Among Suicidal Individuals Frontiers in Psychology suicide prevention Internet online systems social media access to care |
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Leveraging the Web and Social Media to Promote Access to Care Among Suicidal Individuals |
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Leveraging the Web and Social Media to Promote Access to Care Among Suicidal Individuals |
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Leveraging the Web and Social Media to Promote Access to Care Among Suicidal Individuals |
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Leveraging the Web and Social Media to Promote Access to Care Among Suicidal Individuals |
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Leveraging the Web and Social Media to Promote Access to Care Among Suicidal Individuals |
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leveraging the web and social media to promote access to care among suicidal individuals |
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After two decades of exponential development, the Internet has become an inseparable component of suicide prevention matters. More specifically, social media has turned out to be a privileged space for suicidal individuals to express their distress and seek support. Although this tendency carries with it specific risks and challenges, it creates unprecedented opportunities to face the challenges of help seeking and access to care. In this paper, we present the empirical, technological, and theoretical evidence supporting the implementation of a digitally augmented prevention policy that would increase its reach. Congruent to the clinical observations and theories on the help-seeking process, we argue that social media can help undertake three main functions of increasing proactivity to bring suffering Web users to care. The gateway function relates to the properties of social media interactions to leverage help-seeking barriers and enable ambivalent individuals to access the mental healthcare system. The communication outreach function aims to broadcast pro-help-seeking messages, while drawing on the functional structure of the social media network to increase its audience. The intervention outreach function consists in using machine learning algorithms to detect social media users with the highest risk of suicidal behaviors and give them a chance to overcome their dysfunctional reluctance to access help. We propose to combine these three functions into a single coherent operational model. This would involve the joint actions of a communication and intervention team on social networks, working in close collaboration with conventional mental health professionals, emergency service, and community resources. |
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