[Air-l] Information about online suicide pacts

[Ronald E. Rice]

Not precisely what you asked for, but this chapter does have a section on 
suicide forums: Kral, G. (2006). Online communities for mutual help: Fears, 
fiction, and facts. In Murero, M. & Rice, R.E. (Eds.), The Internet and 
health care: Theory, research and practice.  (Chapter 11, pp. 215-232). 
Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

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Ronald E. Rice
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From: "Christopher Helland" <c_hella at yahoo.com>
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Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2007 3:31 PM
Subject: [Air-l] Information about online suicide pacts


> I'm wondering if anyone knows of any studies or ongoing research 
> concerning online suicide pacts in Japan.  The suicide rate in Japan is 
> almost 20 times higher than their murder rate (one of the highest in the 
> world)--and there appears to be "a frightening increase in the number of 
> group suicides arranged over
> the Internet through chat rooms dedicated to discussing suicide."
>
> Any help researching this topic would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Chris Helland
>
> Christopher Helland, Ph.D.
> Assistant Professor, Sociology of Religion
> Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology
> Dalhousie University
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