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The role of online social networking on deliberate self-harm and suicidality in adolescents: A systematized review of literature.
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62 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Social connectedness and disconnectedness in individuals with recent onset psychosis and suicidal experiences: a systematic review of the evidence.BMC psychiatry · 2026Pooled it
- The Global Prevalence of Non-suicidal Self-injury, Suicide Behaviors, and Associated Risk Factors Among Runaway and Homeless Youth: A Meta-analysis.Community mental health journal · 2024Pooled it
- Social media use and self-injurious thoughts and behaviors: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Clinical psychology review · 2021Pooled it
- Relationship Between Depression and the Use of Mobile Technologies and Social Media Among Adolescents: Umbrella Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2020Pooled it
- Trajectories of Persistent Exposure to Self-Harm-Encouraging Websites and Subsequent Mental Health Outcomes in US Youth: Longitudinal Cohort Study.JMIR mental health · 2026Article
- Emotional Responses to Social Media and Non-Suicidal Self-Injury Among Adolescents.Suicide & life-threatening behavior · 2026Article
- Time Out: A Scoping Review of Non-Duration Based Social Media Use Measures and Adolescent Mental Health.Journal of adolescence · 2026Article
- Prevalence and Associated Risk Factors of Suicidal Tendencies Among Bangladeshi Public University Students: A Mixed-Methods Exploration.Health science reports · 2026Article
- Longitudinal Effects of Adolescent Digital Media Use on Mental Health in Young Adulthood.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Triaging Casual From Critical-Leveraging Machine Learning to Detect Self-Harm and Suicide Risks for Youth on Social Media: Algorithm Development and Validation Study.JMIR mental health · 2026Article
- Contribution of an Online Intervention to Developing Communities of Practice: Mixed Methods Evaluation of an Online Safety Hub to Address Harmful Online Content in Relation to Self-Harm and Suicide.JMIR formative research · 2026Article
- A qualitative study of young migrants' encounters with suicide and self-harm content, connecting and seeking help on social media.Global mental health (Cambridge, England) · 2026Article
- Semantic Agency Patterns Signal Depressive Experiences: Evidence From Postpartum Communication on Social Media.Depression and anxiety · 2026Article
- How do Australian social media users experience self-harm and suicide-related content? A National cross-sectional survey comparing young people and adults.BMC public health · 2025Article
- The Association Between Negative Online Behaviours and Problematic Social Media Use in Adolescents: Comparing Psychiatric Inpatients and Community Participants.Journal of the Canadian Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry = Journal de l'Academie canadienne de psychiatrie de l'enfant et de l'adolescent · 2025Article
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- A review of the scope of non-suicidal self-injury behavior in adolescents with depressive disorders: an analysis of related influencing factors.BMC psychiatry · 2025Article
- Online Social Networking as a Social Zeitgeber.Current psychiatry reports · 2025Review
- Self-Harm Content on Social Media and Proximal Risk for Self-Injurious Thoughts and Behaviors Among Adolescents.JAACAP open · 2025Article
- Hoosier Sport Re-Social: a protocol for developing a biopsychosocial body satisfaction intervention in rural Indiana.Pilot and feasibility studies · 2025Article
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Abstract
Social media use by minors has significantly increased and has been linked to depression and suicidality. Simultaneously, age-adjusted suicide rates have steadily increased over the past decade in the United States with suicide being the second most common cause of death in youth. Hence, the increase in suicide rate parallels the simultaneous increase in social media use. In addition, the rate of nonsuicidal self-injury ranges between 14% and 21% among young people. Evidence suggests that self-harming youth is more active on online social networks than youth who do not engage in self-harm behavior. The role of online social networking on deliberates self-harm and suicidality in adolescents with a focus on negative influence was assessed by conducting a systematized literature review. A literature search on "PubMed" and "Ovid Medline" using a combination of MeSH terms yielded nine articles for data extraction satisfying predefined inclusion/exclusion criteria. It was found that social networking websites are utilized by suicidal and self-harming youth as a medium to communicate with and to seek social support from other users. Online social networking also leads to increased exposure to and engagement in self-harm behavior due to users receiving negative messages promoting self-harm, emulating self-injurious behavior of others, and adopting self-harm practices from shared videos. Greater time spent on social networking websites led to higher psychological distress, an unmet need for mental health support, poor self-rated mental health, and increased suicidal ideation. In conclusion, greater time spent on online social networking promotes self-harm behavior and suicidal ideation in vulnerable adolescents.
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