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Google and suicides: what can we learn about the use of internet to prevent suicides?
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Objectives This article studies the statistical relationship between the search propensity of suicide-related terms on Google and the number of suicides.Study design Suicide mortality data from all American states from January 2006 to November 2014 (n = 5372) and data on Google search intensity for the same period was collected.Methods Regression analysis with dynamic components was performed to determine the relationship between search intensity and the number of suicides.Results First, this article finds a positive simultaneous correlation between search intensity and the number of suicides. The magnitude of this relationship has grown from 2006 to 2014 suggesting an increased reliance on the internet for suicide-related information. Second, search propensity is a significant predictor for the number of suicides for youth and for males.Conclusions Suicide prevention websites should therefore be designed knowing that at-risk individuals in both groups are probably more prone to look for suicide-related information online.
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- Authors
- Chandler, V.
- Affiliations
- Saint Mary's University (CA)
- Corresponding author
- Chandler, V.
- ORCID
- Chandler, V.
- Venue
- Public Health
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2018-01
- Volume
- 154
- Pages
- 144-150
- ISSN
- 0033-3506 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2780527627
- Cited by
- 21
- References
- 14
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2024: 1 · 2023: 2 · 2022: 2 · 2021: 4 · 2020: 3 · 2019: 6 · 2018: 2
- FWCI
- 3.72
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Public Health (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Mental Health via Writing
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Data-Driven Disease Surveillance
- Keywords
- suicide, internet use, suicide prevention, youth suicide, male suicide, suicide mortality, online health information
- MeSH terms
- Suicide Prevention, Adolescent, Adult, Female, Humans, Male, United States, Internet, Young Adult, Information Seeking Behavior
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