Journal article
Globalization of the #chatsafe guidelines: Using social media for youth suicide prevention
J Robinson, Z Teh, M Lamblin, NTM Hill, L La Sala, P Thorn
Early Intervention in Psychiatry | WILEY | Published : 2021
DOI: 10.1111/eip.13044
Abstract
Young people use social media to communicate about suicide, however, they often feel ill-equipped to share their own experiences or to respond to expressions of risk by others. Aims: To describe the adaptation of the Australian #chatsafe guidelines for an international audience, and their initial roll out via social media. Methods: An online survey (n = 48) and two workshops (n = 47) conducted between August and December 2019. Thirty-eight countries were represented. Results: Minimal adaptation of the Australian guidelines was required however, an abbreviated version and a suite of social media assets were developed. In the 6 weeks following publication the international guidelines were down..
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Funding Acknowledgements
The study received funding from Facebook. The original #chatsafe guidelines were developed with funding from the Australian Government, under the National Suicide Prevention Leadership and Support Program. JR is funded by a National Health and Medical Research Council Career Development Fellowship (ID: 1142348). NH is funded by an Australian Rotary Health PhD Partnership scholarship.The authors would also like to thank all those who participated in the survey and the workshops and the following partner organizations in each region: Caritas (Hong Kong); Instituto Vita Alere (Brazil); Isabel Ayuda para la Vida AC (Mexico); Mentally Aware Nigeria (Nigeria); Miele (Finland); Mind (Sweden); Mindlink, Gwangju Bukgu Community Mental Health Centre, and the Korean Suicide Prevention Centre (Korea); National Centre for Suicide Research and Prevention (Norway); Samarians of Singapore (Singapore); Samaritans (United Kingdom). United States partners were the Jed Foundation and Stanford University.