Crisis text patterns in youth following the release of 13 Reasons Why Season 2 and celebrity suicides: A case study of summer 2018

Abstract

HighlightsCTL is a national resource that provides text message counselling for people in crisis.Use of CTL, increased following the release of 13RW2 and celebrity suicides.CTL-use was significantly higher following celebrity deaths than the release of 13RW2.

Hope and Inevitability in 13 Reasons Why. A Comparative Discourse Analysis of the Series’ First Season and it’s Neyond the Reasons Documentary Counterpart

“…Other studies mentioned by Mueller herself back up both arguments: regarding the former, Cooper et al (2018) confirmed an increased amount of admissions at a children's hospital for cases of self-inflicted harm; and, as for the latter, Thompson et al (2019) found out that there was a significant growth in the messages to the Crisis Text Line after the release of the first season. In a similar line, Sugg et al (2019) ran a quasi-experimental study that highly coincided with Thompson et al's postulates and revealed «a significant relationship between highly publicised celebrity deaths by suicide, and media portrayals of suicide and help-seeking patterns among young people» after the release of 13 Reasons Why's second season.…”

How Search Engines Handle Suicide Queries

“…Online activity, including social media, has been highlighted as a possible risk factor for suicide, especially among young people (Luby and Kertz 2019;Massing-Schaffer and Nesi 2020). The suicide contagion effect is well documented (Velting and Gould 1997;Daine et al 2013;Joiner Jr 1999); exposure to suicide-related information is associated with increased suicide prevalence, including both fictional (Sugg et al 2019;Niederkrotenthaler et al 2019;Sinyor et al 2019;Ayers et al 2017) and real (Joiner Jr 1999;Won et al 2013;Sisask and Värnik 2012) accounts of suicide deaths. Individuals who specifically seek self-harm or suicide-related content may be at especially high risk for this contagion (Sedgwick et al 2019;Mars et al 2015;Daine et al 2013).…”

Working with Bipolar Disorder During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Both Crisis and Opportunity

“…A great need exists to train and support clinicians to go to people's online presence. Among support options, CTL in particular is accessed at higher rates during population-wide stressors, such as exposure to fictional suicides (e.g., 13 Reasons Why), media coverage of suicide deaths of celebrities (e.g., Anthony Bourdain), [65] and climate-related disasters. [66] For example, after Hurricane Florence in 2018, CTL crisis text volume in North and South Carolina, USA, showed an immediate, sustained increase in crisis texts about stress/anxiety and suicidal thoughts in the six weeks following the weather-related disaster.…”