Psychiatric News (9/21) reports, “The types of online content that youth explore and the messages they share with others may help identify those most likely to be at high risk of a suicide attempt or self-harm,” researchers concluded in a study that “analyzed data drawn from more than 2,600 U.S. schools participating in online safety monitoring using a program called Bark” that “monitors and sends alerts to school administrators and parents about content ‘threatening to the health and well-being of students, such as messages about self-harm, suicidal ideation, online predators, bullying, or threats of violence.’” The findings of the 227-youth study were published online Sept. 20 in JAMA Network Open.
Related Links:
— “Youth’s Online Activity May Point to Subsequent Suicidal Behaviors, Psychiatric News, September 21, 2021