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Jong-Ik Park
Jong-Ik Park
School of Medicine,
Chunchon
Taiwan
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Short Communication
Ambivalence about Suicide in Internet: The Correlation between the Search for Negative Information about Suicide and the Provision of Positive Information
Author(s): Sang-Uk Lee and Jong-Ik ParkSang-Uk Lee and Jong-Ik Park
Background: Those with suicide ideation are believed to feel ambivalent toward self-induced death. And actual suicide rate is related with the amount of Internet search about suicide in Korea. So people searching for information on suicide methods may still wish to live. Under this assumption, this study investigated the correlation between search of suicide-related words and the number of visitors to Hee-Mang Click (literal translation: Hope Click), a site providing positive anti-suicide information. Methods: A prospective observational study was done. From August 2010 to October 2013, when five words, "suicide," "suicide method," "how to die," "suicide pact," and "let's commit suicide," were searched in Naver, Korea’s top search engine, Hee-Mang Click’s banner was automatically displayed at the top of the page first. And .. View More»
DOI: 10.4172/Psychiatry.1000227