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    This research will address social networking posts and profiles that illustrate the ideation of suicidal tendencies and profiles. Based on research within classical psychology, tactics to identify suicidal ideation and elicit appropriate suicide prevention techniques within the online domain are the logical next step in reaching out to those who cry for help. Our research will aim to validate the ability of intelligent systems to be designed to identify suicidal ideations that have been publically posted on a social media site, develop the criteria necessary to assess the disposition of an individual based on the individuals cry for help and their public profile page, and identify whether avenues of preventative interventions are available/feasible. We will collect data from the social networking sites Facebook and Twitter. The data collected will be based upon a review of current works on suicide identification and ideation. Metrics will be derived and validated to identify profiles that have suicidal indicators based upon the initial public profile posts. The bottom-up approach of first identifying individual posts, then assessment of the profile/persona allows situational factors to be considered by the coders and the system, when implemented. Intervention tactics will be explored, but not instantiated. The next steps will be to identify the implementation, acceptance, and efficiency of these intervention techniques. Future works will aim to identify what types of interventions can be instantiated in this new paradigm.

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    This research will address social networking posts and profiles that illustrate the ideation of suicidal tendencies and profiles. Based on research within classical psychology, tactics to identify suicidal ideation and elicit appropriate suicide prevention techniques within the online domain are the logical next step in reaching out to those who cry for help. Our research will aim to validate the ability of intelligent systems to be designed to identify suicidal ideations that have been publically posted on a social media site, develop the criteria necessary to assess the disposition of an individual based on the individuals cry for help and their public profile page, and identify whether avenues of preventative interventions are available/feasible. We will collect data from the social networking sites Facebook and Twitter. The data collected will be based upon a review of current works on suicide identification and ideation. Metrics will be derived and validated to identify profiles that have suicidal indicators based upon the initial public profile posts. The bottom-up approach of first identifying individual posts, then assessment of the profile/persona allows situational factors to be considered by the coders and the system, when implemented. Intervention tactics will be explored, but not instantiated. The next steps will be to identify the implementation, acceptance, and efficiency of these intervention techniques. Future works will aim to identify what types of interventions can be instantiated in this new paradigm.

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    Presentation For The American Foundation For Suicide Prevention Grant Application

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    This research will address social networking posts and profiles that illustrate the ideation of suicidal tendencies and profiles. Based on research within classical psychology, tactics to identify suicidal ideation and elicit appropriate suicide prevention techniques within the online domain are the logical next step in reaching out to those who cry for help. Our research will aim to validate the ability of intelligent systems to be designed to identify suicidal ideations that have been publically posted on a social media site, develop the criteria necessary to assess the disposition of an individual based on the individuals cry for help and their public profile page, and identify whether avenues of preventative interventions are available/feasible. We will collect data from the social networking sites Facebook and Twitter. The data collected will be based upon a review of current works on suicide identification and ideation. Metrics will be derived and validated to identify profiles that have suicidal indicators based upon the initial public profile posts. The bottom-up approach of first identifying individual posts, then assessment of the profile/persona allows situational factors to be considered by the coders and the system, when implemented. Intervention tactics will be explored, but not instantiated. The next steps will be to identify the implementation, acceptance, and efficiency of these intervention techniques. Future works will aim to identify what types of interventions can be instantiated in this new paradigm.

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    American Foundation for Suicide Prevention

    Click to edit Master subtitle style Identification and Assessment

    techniques for Suicidal Ideation Manifested through Social networks Steven Entezari December 8th, 2011

    Steven Entezari

    5/4/12

    Overview
    Online suicide covered in news, but not academic

    literature

    Facebook, Twitter give a bigger perceived audience


    For cries for help Spotlight effect

    Paradigm shift

    Assessing risk of suicide is common in real-world psychology

    Can we translate this to social-networking representations?

    Moreno et al (2011) evaluated depressive symptoms online and correlated to real-world


    5/4/12

    Steven Entezari

    Specific Aims
    Identify Suicidal Ideations

    Can we identify suicidal ideations from Facebook/Twitter posts?

    Assess Social Networking Profile

    Can we determine risk of suicide?

    Identify Interventions Tactics

    Are there intervention tactics that can be utilized, ins some form, from classical-clinical psychology to the online clinical psychology?

    Steven Entezari

    5/4/12

    Aim 1: Identify Suicidal Ideations


    What are suicidal ideations?

    Content analysis of suicide notes

    Develop software to identify public posts

    Facebook, Twitter

    Determine levels of suicidal ideation

    Based on review of suicide literature

    Refine software to determine levels of ideation

    Intelligent utility

    Steven Entezari

    5/4/12

    Aim 2: Assess Disposition


    Develop Profile Assessment Scale

    Similar to current Suicide Risk Indicators

    Develop Utility to Rate Profiles

    Based upon posts that were found earlier

    Determine level of risk

    In conjunction with the posts from earlier, what risk level?

    Validate Human-In-The-Loop?
    5/4/12

    Steven Entezari

    Aim 3: Identify Intervention Tactics


    Establishment of Future Work What can be done once identified?

    Direct intervention? Tactics to intervene? Persuasion?

    Applicability of current intervention tactics to online

    media

    Steven Entezari

    5/4/12

    Broader Impact
    Paradigm Shift in Cyber Psychology

    Increase speed of intervention

    Overcome Sociotechnical barriers

    Deindividuation, Disinhibition, etc

    Open door to more psychological analysis


    Steven Entezari 5/4/12

    Thank You
    Questions?

    Steven Entezari

    5/4/12

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