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Social Media sites for suicide prevention allow people to connect with other peers and can communicate among each other about personal experiences and one's own difficulties and struggles.

Social media can increase risk of pro-suicide behavior. Cyberbullying and cyber harassment are two examples that can increase risk of suicidal thoughts. Cyberbullying typically refers to when a child or adolescent is intentionally and repeatedly targeted by another child or teen in the form of threats or harassments or humiliated or embarrassed by means of cellular phones or Internet technologies such as e-mail, texting, social networking sites, or instant messaging.

Suicide is a considerable public health problem; more than 30,0000 deaths in the United States and nearly 1 million suicide deaths worldwide each year.

Bullying has long been present in adolescents' lives and the relationship between bullying, mental health difficulties, and suicide-related behaviors has been well documented.

Victims of cyberbullying have shown symptoms of depression and emotional difficulties, while cyberbullies have shown externalizing issues such as conduct disorder and associated behaviors.

It can be inferred that adolescents who report high on psychological distress tend to have more thoughts of suicide and self harm.