A Pilot Case-Control Study of the Social Media Activity Following Cluster and Non-Cluster Suicides in Australia

Social media may play a role in the "contagion" mechanism thought to underpin suicide clusters. Our pilot case-control study presented a novel methodological approach to examining whether Facebook activity following cluster and non-cluster suicides differed.

Citation:
Law PCF, Too LS, Hill NTM, Robinson J, Gould M, Occhipinti JA, et al. A Pilot Case-Control Study of the Social Media Activity Following Cluster and Non-Cluster Suicides in Australia. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021;19(1).

Keywords:
Clusters; contagion; social media; suicide

Abstract:
Social media may play a role in the "contagion" mechanism thought to underpin suicide clusters. Our pilot case-control study presented a novel methodological approach to examining whether Facebook activity following cluster and non-cluster suicides differed.