Mobile phone addiction and suicide behaviors among Chinese adolescents: The mediation of poor sleep quality

Background and aims: Mobile phone addiction (MPA) is emerging among adolescents, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. Nevertheless, there is a dearth of knowledge regarding the correlation between MPA and suicide behaviors and its mechanism. The objective of the current study is exploring the direct effect of MPA on suicide behaviors and the indirect effect through poor […]

Examining the feasibility of implementing digital mental health innovations into hospitals to support youth in suicide crisis: Interview study with young people and health professionals

Background: Hospitals are insufficiently resourced to appropriately support young people who present with suicidal crises. Digital mental health innovations have the potential to provide cost-effective models of care to address this service gap and improve care experiences for young people. However, little is currently known about whether digital innovations are feasible to integrate into complex […]

A suicide prevention intervention for emerging adult sexual and gender minority groups: Protocol for a pilot hybrid effectiveness randomized controlled trial

Background: Suicide attempts and suicide death disproportionately affect sexual and gender minority emerging adults (age 18-24 years). However, suicide prevention strategies tailored for emerging adult sexual and gender minority (EA-SGM) groups are not widely available. The Safety Planning Intervention (SPI) has strong evidence for reducing the risk for suicide in the general population, but it is […]

MYPLAN: A mobile phone application for supporting people at risk of suicide

Background: Safety plans have been suggested as an intervention for people at risk of suicide. Given the impulsive character of suicidal ideation, a safety plan in the format of a mobile phone application is likely to be more available and useful than traditional paper versions. Aims: The study describes MYPLAN, a mobile phone application designed to support […]

Association of parent-child relationship quality and problematic mobile phone use with non-suicidal self-injury among adolescents

Background Non-suicidal self-injury behavior (NSSI) is a common mental health threat among adolescents. Poor parent-child relationship (PCR) and problematic mobile phone use (PMPU) are risk factors for NSSI. We aimed to explore the impact of PCR quality, PMPU, and their interaction effects on NSSI among adolescents in China, as well as the sex difference. Method […]

The role of mobile phone technology in understanding and preventing suicidal behavior

Suicidal behavior is the result of a complex interaction of psychiatric, psychological, social, and cultural factors (Hawton & van Heeringen, 2009; O’Connor & Nock, 2014; O’Connor, Platt, & Gordon, 2011b). Despite considerable epidemiological advances in the identification of risk factors, explanations (as distinct from risk factors) for why suicide occurs in some cases but not in others […]

An adolescent suicide cluster and the possible role of electronic communication technology

Background: Since the development of Centers for Disease Control’s (CDC) guidelines for the management of suicide clusters, the use of electronic communication technologies has increased dramatically. Aims: To describe an adolescent suicide cluster that drew our attention to the possible role of online social networking and SMS text messaging as sources of contagion after a suicide and obstacles […]

Testing out suicide risk prediction algorithms using phone measurements with patients in acute mental health settings: A feasibility study

Background: Digital phenotyping and machine learning are nowadays being used to augment or even replace traditional analytic procedures in many domains, including health care. Given the heavy reliance on smartphones and mobile devices around the world, this readily available source of data is an important and highly underutilized source that has the potential to improve […]

The relationship between mobile phone use and suicide-related behaviours among adolescents: The mediating role of depression and interpersonal problems

First to examine the mediation between mobile phone use and suicide-related behaivours •High intensity of mobile phone use directly predicts suicide-related behaivours •High intensity of mobile phone use influences suicide-related behaivours indirectly via interpersonal problems •High intensity of mobile phone use influences suicide-related behaivours indirectly via depression •Interpersonal problems and depression mediated association between mobile […]