Comments on: Social networks and suicide http://www.mulley.net/2008/05/18/social-networks-and-suicide/ Invisible people have invisible rights Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:55:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: steve white http://www.mulley.net/2008/05/18/social-networks-and-suicide/comment-page-1/#comment-787686 steve white Tue, 20 May 2008 01:10:53 +0000 http://www.mulley.net/2008/05/18/social-networks-and-suicide/#comment-787686 bebo does ahve links to suicide prevention helpers desn't it. bebo does ahve links to suicide prevention helpers desn’t it.

]]> By: concerned parent http://www.mulley.net/2008/05/18/social-networks-and-suicide/comment-page-1/#comment-786817 concerned parent Mon, 19 May 2008 16:14:37 +0000 http://www.mulley.net/2008/05/18/social-networks-and-suicide/#comment-786817 I think Bebo is almost as ubiquitous as the telephone among a certain age group. Inevitably it will transpire that teenagers who commit suicide have been active on Bebo, just as an adult suicide victim may have communicated by telephone. Drawing a conclusion that Bebo has caused the suicide is a bit like blaming the telephone. I think Bebo is almost as ubiquitous as the telephone among a certain age group. Inevitably it will transpire that teenagers who commit suicide have been active on Bebo, just as an adult suicide victim may have communicated by telephone. Drawing a conclusion that Bebo has caused the suicide is a bit like blaming the telephone.

]]> By: ken http://www.mulley.net/2008/05/18/social-networks-and-suicide/comment-page-1/#comment-786618 ken Mon, 19 May 2008 13:41:42 +0000 http://www.mulley.net/2008/05/18/social-networks-and-suicide/#comment-786618 Alcohol is implicated in a vast number of suicides so should we ban alcohol? No, because we know that prohibiton does not work. Why not dig a bit deeper and tackle the common stress factors often present in clusters. Cluster cases have a lot more in common than the initial suicide. If you look deeper they might go to the same school for example. Does the school have an ethos of developing pupils or an authoritarian, results only ethos. Is the geographic area socialy deprived etc etc hysterical,missinformed action has never worked and always fails to address the true nature of the problem. It just dawned on me that as I work with suicidal people I too am in danger of the contagion using that line of thought. Alcohol is implicated in a vast number of suicides so should we ban alcohol? No, because we know that prohibiton does not work.
Why not dig a bit deeper and tackle the common stress factors often present in clusters. Cluster cases have a lot more in common than the initial suicide. If you look deeper they might go to the same school for example. Does the school have an ethos of developing pupils or an authoritarian, results only ethos.
Is the geographic area socialy deprived etc etc
hysterical,missinformed action has never worked and always fails to address the true nature of the problem.
It just dawned on me that as I work with suicidal people I too am in danger of the contagion using that line of thought.

]]> By: Damien http://www.mulley.net/2008/05/18/social-networks-and-suicide/comment-page-1/#comment-785301 Damien Sun, 18 May 2008 16:02:03 +0000 http://www.mulley.net/2008/05/18/social-networks-and-suicide/#comment-785301 I was thinking of Gladwell alright when he talked about those Islanders but Neville suggesting banning potential contagions is the same as the old days where the subject was not talked about at all. Mentioning suicide without even glorifying it is a contagion anyway. I was thinking of Gladwell alright when he talked about those Islanders but Neville suggesting banning potential contagions is the same as the old days where the subject was not talked about at all. Mentioning suicide without even glorifying it is a contagion anyway.

]]> By: Piaras Kelly http://www.mulley.net/2008/05/18/social-networks-and-suicide/comment-page-1/#comment-785290 Piaras Kelly Sun, 18 May 2008 15:50:11 +0000 http://www.mulley.net/2008/05/18/social-networks-and-suicide/#comment-785290 In fairness to Neville, in my opinion he is suggesting that these pages/memorials are adding to the contagiousness. There's a good section on this behaviour in the Tipping Point that I need to read up on. TBH of greater concern is the media reporting of suicides and in particular their referencing of social networking sites. For example, the Indo wrote about one of the recent suicide vicitms and comments he made on a page (which has since been removed). The paper subsequently received a letter from someone who knew the vicitm who was disturbed by their report as it misrepresented his comments in their opinion. In fairness to Neville, in my opinion he is suggesting that these pages/memorials are adding to the contagiousness. There’s a good section on this behaviour in the Tipping Point that I need to read up on.

TBH of greater concern is the media reporting of suicides and in particular their referencing of social networking sites. For example, the Indo wrote about one of the recent suicide vicitms and comments he made on a page (which has since been removed). The paper subsequently received a letter from someone who knew the vicitm who was disturbed by their report as it misrepresented his comments in their opinion.

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