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Considerations Regarding Online Methods for Suicide‐Related Research and Suicide Risk Assessment
Author(s) -
Michaels Matthew S.,
Chu Carol,
Silva Caroline,
Schulman Brittany E.,
Joiner Thomas
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
suicide and life‐threatening behavior
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.544
H-Index - 90
eISSN - 1943-278X
pISSN - 0363-0234
DOI - 10.1111/sltb.12105
Subject(s) - suicide prevention , poison control , data collection , human factors and ergonomics , risk assessment , occupational safety and health , the internet , suicide risk , injury prevention , risk analysis (engineering) , psychology , medical emergency , medicine , computer science , computer security , world wide web , statistics , mathematics , pathology
Frequent advances in technology provide new and exciting opportunities for conducting suicide research and suicide risk assessments. However, to the authors' knowledge, best practices for using technology, specifically the Internet, to conduct research protocols involving suicide risk assessments have not been examined. In research contexts, the use of technology for research on suicidal behavior and suicide risk assessment can offer benefits relative to other forms of data collection. These advantages, which include increased validity, feasibility, and efficiency, as well as improvements in data collection and management, are presented. Considerations regarding the implementation of an online system for suicide risk assessment as well as limitations and future directions are discussed.