Emerging Trends of Self-Harm Using Sodium Nitrite in an Online Suicide Community: Observational Study Using Natural Language Processing Analysis.

Journal: JMIR mental health
PMID: 38722220

Abstract

BACKGROUND: There is growing concern around the use of sodium nitrite (SN) as an emerging means of suicide, particularly among younger people. Given the limited information on the topic from traditional public health surveillance sources, we studied posts made to an online suicide discussion forum, "Sanctioned Suicide," which is a primary source of information on the use and procurement of SN.

Authors

  • Sudeshna Das
    Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
  • Drew Walker
    Department of Behavioral, Social, and Health Education Sciences, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, United States.
  • Swati Rajwal
    Department of Computer Science and Informatics, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, United States.
  • Sahithi Lakamana
    Department of Biomedical Informatics, School of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, United States.
  • Steven A Sumner
    Office of Strategy and Innovation, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia.
  • Karin A Mack
    National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, United States.
  • Wojciech Kaczkowski
    National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, United States.
  • Abeed Sarker
    Department of Biomedical Informatics, School of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, United States.

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