Abstract

PEREIRA, Camila Corrêa Matias  and  BOTTI, Nadja Cristianne Lappann. Suicide in the communication of virtual social networks: Integrative literature review. Revista Portuguesa de Enfermagem de Saúde Mental [online]. 2017, n.17, pp.17-24. ISSN 1647-2160.  https://doi.org/10.19131/rpesm.0179.

INTRODUCTION: The Internet plays an important role as integrator and technology facilitator to the media of virtual social networks. Internet tools are present in the advance of globalization, integrating personal, social, community and technological dimensions and various topics can be searched on the Internet including suicide. Suicide is public health problem that has great influence of the media. AIM: Identify scientific literature evidence of the properties of communication about suicide in virtual social networks. METHODS: It performed an integrative literature review through the descriptors: suicide and social network and communication. Were defined as inclusion criteria articles published in English, Spanish and Portuguese who had evidence of communication through virtual social networks (Internet) and suicide. Exclusion criteria: references that had no resume or free access to the full text online, or repeated articles published in other languages. There were no restrictions on the publication period thus manuscripts, so, 17 articles were used, 16 from MEDLINE’s database and 1 from CUMED. RESULTS: From reading and reviewing manuscripts emerged two categories of analysis: preventive online communication and pro suicidal online communication. CONCLUSIONS: On the Internet there is easy access to content about suicide both pro-suicidal communication and access to information, identification, contagion and cyberbullicídio as preventive as a preventive communication media, online support groups, virtual social networks, telepsychiatry. The young audience shows more vulnerability for ease of access to digital media and adolescence inherent characteristics.

Keywords : Suicide; Social network; Communication.

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