Facebook has transformed social communication and offers the opportunity to share personal thoughts to people including suicide ideas, plans and attempts. Suicide after Facebook posts has been reported in different parts of the world and it has become a potential area of research for suicide prevention. The analysis of Facebook posts prior to suicide or Facebook live streaming may help in understanding the etiological factors, patterns of communication and possible prevention approaches for a particular community. However, there is a dearth of evidence about suicide incidents after Facebook posts and Facebook live streaming in low and middle-income countries. This study aims to explore the trends and phenomena of suicide after Facebook posts and live streaming in Bangladesh. We conducted an online search using the Google, Facebook and five daily online newspaper archives from 15th August to 15th September 2019. Two research assistants independently conducted the initial searching to find out people who committed suicide after Facebook posts or live streamed suicide in Bangladesh and documented 21 cases. After further evaluation of each of the 21 cases we confirmed 19 cases that met the selection criteria. All of them were under 35-years of age. We observed sucide after Facebook posts were more common in male(78%) e and students. Hanging was the most frequently used method of suicide followed by poisoning. Their Facebook posts and livestream videos indicated relationship problems, academic stress and mental disorders were the common stressors for their suicide. This study lays the foundation for the future researchers to work on suicidal posts on Facebook in Bangladesh and develop culture-specific, real-time suicide preventive systems using a social media platform.

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Facebook 上的自杀——孟加拉不为人知的离境故事

Facebook 改变了社交交流方式，并提供了与人们分享个人想法的机会，包括自杀想法、计划和尝试。Facebook帖子后自杀已在世界不同地区报道，它已成为预防自杀的潜在研究领域。在自杀或 Facebook 直播之前对 Facebook 帖子的分析可能有助于了解特定社区的病因、交流模式和可能的预防方法。然而，在低收入和中等收入国家的 Facebook 发帖和 Facebook 直播之后，关于自杀事件的证据很少。本研究旨在探讨孟加拉国在 Facebook 发帖和直播后自杀的趋势和现象。我们使用谷歌进行了在线搜索，2019 年 8 月 15 日至 9 月 15 日期间 Facebook 和 5 份每日在线报纸档案。两名研究助理独立进行了初步搜索，以找出在孟加拉国发布 Facebook 帖子或直播自杀后自杀的人，并记录了 21 起案件。在对 21 个案例中的每一个进行进一步评估后，我们确认了 19 个符合选择标准的案例。他们的年龄都在 35 岁以下。我们观察到 Facebook 帖子在男性（78%）和学生中更常见后自杀。上吊是最常用的自杀方式，其次是中毒。他们的 Facebook 帖子和直播视频表明，人际关系问题、学业压力和精神障碍是他们自杀的常见压力源。