Searching Internet: a report on accessibility, nature, and quality of suicide-related information

Although may are concerned about Internet and its potential impact on suicidal behaviour, it is difficult to estimate how easy is for a user at-risk to find suicide-related information, or what kind of information is returned by a simple Internet query. In order to look at the quality, nature and accessibility of such information currently available to the Romanian-speaking users, a typical Internet search likely to be performed by a disturbed individual was replicated. The analysis of the returned results provides an indication of the nature and prominence of suicide-related information likely to be accessed by a common Romanian-speaking user.