@article{ref1,
title="Comparison of suicidal people who use the internet for suicide-related reasons and those who do not",
journal="Crisis",
year="2016",
author="Niederkrotenthaler, Thomas and Haider, Anna and Till, Benedikt and Mok, Katherine and Pirkis, Jane",
volume="38",
number="2",
pages="131-135",
abstract="BACKGROUND: Studies have shown that suicidal individuals who use the Internet for suicide-related purposes are more suicidal than nonsuicide-related users, but evidence from European countries is lacking. AIMS: We assessed differences between suicidal individuals who go online for suicide-related purposes and other suicidal individuals in Austria. <br><br>METHOD: Participants were 53 individuals aged between 18 and 24 years who felt suicidal in the past year and completed an anonymous online survey. <br><br>RESULTS: Individuals who went online for suicide-related purposes were more suicidal, and more depressed, compared with individuals who did not use the Internet for suicide-related purposes. There were no large differences with regard to social anxiety and perceived barriers for help-seeking between the two groups. <br><br>CONCLUSION: This study finds that suicidal online users are more depressed and suicidal than nonusers in a sample from Central Europe. Online interventions to combat depression and suicidality need to be strengthened to reach out to this important target population.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0227-5910",
doi="10.1027/0227-5910/a000432",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1027/0227-5910/a000432"
}