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Suicidality and self-injurious behavior among adolescent social media users at psychiatric hospitalization

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 April 2020

Reem M.A. Shafi ,
Paul A. Nakonezny ,
Magdalena Romanowicz ,
Aiswarya L. Nandakumar ,
Laura Suarez  and
Paul E. Croarkin Open the ORCID record for Paul E. Croarkin [Opens in a new window]
Reem M.A. Shafi*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, Mayo Clinic Depression Center, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
Paul A. Nakonezny
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry and Department of Population and Data Sciences, Division of Biostatistics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Dallas, Texas, USA
Magdalena Romanowicz
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, Mayo Clinic Depression Center, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
Aiswarya L. Nandakumar
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, Mayo Clinic Depression Center, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
Laura Suarez
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, Mayo Clinic Depression Center, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
Paul E. Croarkin
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, Mayo Clinic Depression Center, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
*
Author for correspondence: Reem M.A. Shafi, MBBS Email: Shafi.Reem@mayo.edu
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Abstract

Background

The current study sought to examine the relationship between documented social media use and suicidality and self-injurious behaviors in adolescents at the time of psychiatric hospitalization.

Methods

We retrospectively identified adolescents (aged 12-17 years) hospitalized on an inpatient psychiatric unit during 1 year. Abstracted information included documented social media use, demographic variables, documented self-injurious behaviors, the Patient Health Questionnaire-9, and the Suicide Status Form-II. Logistic regression was implemented to examine the effect of social media use on the risk of self-injurious behaviors and suicidality.

Results

Fifty-six adolescents who used social media were identified and matched with 56 non-social media users. Those with reported social media use had significantly greater odds of self-injurious behaviors at admission (odds ratio, 2.55; 95% confidence intervals, 1.17-5.71; P = .02) vs youth without reported social media use. Adolescents with reported social media use also had greater odds of increased suicidal ideation and suicide risk than those with no reported use, but these relationships were not statistically significant.

Conclusions

Social media use in adolescents with a psychiatric admission may be associated with the risk of self-injurious behaviors and could be a marker of impulsivity. Further work should guide the assessment of social media use as part of a routine adolescent psychiatric history.

Keywords

Adolescentimpulsivityinpatient psychiatryself-injurious behaviorsocial mediasuicidal ideation
Type
Original Research
Information
CNS Spectrums , Volume 26 , Issue 3 , June 2021 , pp. 275 - 281
Copyright
© Cambridge University Press 2020

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