We have small amounts of weak evidence, mostly from interviews of people who survived suicide attempts and people who self harm who say that this kind of intervention is helpful.
See also signs in multistory carparks and different packaging (and reduced pack sizes) for paracetamol.
I do a lot of searching for suicide related stuff, and I already see quite a lot of similar advice. I guess I'm about to see a lot more of it.
But I think the thing that makes it impactful is that in these kinds of interventions, it comes from one of your friends.
In the intervention that Facebook proposes, the victim only sees a popup from Facebook, not a friend. The person who generated that popup isn't even named. It's very impersonal.
If I were suicidal, the only thing this popup would tell me is that I made one of my viewers uncomfortable, and that they weren't willing to connect in person. I imagine that would only serve to amplify my shame and make me feel even worse.
We know that of s=deaths by suicide in people under 18 1 in 7 posted messages to social media before they died: https://twitter.com/ProfLAppleby/status/837053501243023364
We have small amounts of weak evidence, mostly from interviews of people who survived suicide attempts and people who self harm who say that this kind of intervention is helpful.
See also signs in multistory carparks and different packaging (and reduced pack sizes) for paracetamol.
I do a lot of searching for suicide related stuff, and I already see quite a lot of similar advice. I guess I'm about to see a lot more of it.
https://twitter.com/actioncookbook/status/834439563032555521