Suicide-related internet use (SRIU) can shape how people experience and act on suicidal thoughts. Research shows SRIU is common and impactful, with most suicidal individuals engaging for multiple, often conflicting, reasons, such as seeking both harmful and supportive content. As people with higher suicidality are more likely to engage in this behaviour, understanding SRIU is especially important. This study examines both the reasons people engage in SRIU and its effects on suicidal individuals across Europe and how service contact and digital and structural contexts shape this.

Supervisor:
Dr Lana Bojanić
University of Manchester, United Kingdom

Lana Bojanić is a research associate at the National Confidential Inquiry into Suicide and Safety in Mental Health at the University of Manchester. She completed her PhD research on suicide-related internet use in adults who are in contact with mental health services. Her work aims to help make online world safer for suicidal people.