Indicators of Suicide Found on Social Networks: Phase 2

Abstract

This is a follow-on study to the technical report Indicators of Suicide Found on Social Networks: Phase 1. The original study was a retrospective effort that examined social media posts made by military Service personnel within the year prior to their deaths. Four hundred and twenty -eight subjects were found to have social media profiles, and of those, only 315 subjects had publicly available information available of assessment. Researchers at the National Center for Veterans Studies (NCVS) coded the data for 36 clinical indicators of suicide. For this effort, emerging themes that were not coded by NCVS were identified. Findings indicate that social media data provide insight on subjects thoughts and behaviors within the year preceding death.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 08, 2015
Accession Number
AD1007350

Entities

People

  • Andree E. Rose
  • Christina M. Hesse

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Engineered Resilient Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Data Centers
  • Department Of Defense
  • Education
  • Employment
  • Families (Human)
  • Indicators
  • Internet
  • Media
  • Medical Personnel
  • Mental Disorders
  • Military Personnel
  • Online Communications
  • Psychology
  • Social Media
  • Social Networking Services
  • Social Networks
  • Training

Fields of Study

  • Psychology

Readers

  • Medical or Health Care Field.
  • Naval Personnel Management
  • Systems Analysis and Design