Suicide Attempts Investigated After A Video Of A Bullied Teen Went Viral

First Posted: Oct 24, 2016 04:30 AM EDT

Suicide for some is the deadly cause of depression. One teen committed suicide and before she does, he posted a YouTube video describing how she felt being a victim of cyberbullying. The video went viral after her death, experts investigated if the move of the teen influences teen's from Canada .

In October 2012, Amanda Todd a 15-year-old from British Columbia made a YouTube video expressing on how she underwent the horror of cyberbullying. She then committed suicide. After her sad death, the video went viral. The researchers now, investigated the rate of suicide attempt and suicidal thoughts before and after the devastating death of Amanda Todd.

The researchers gathered information from 2002 up to 2013. They found no significant change in suicide-related emergency room visits by teens after the death of Todd. The sad part is, there was an increase of ER patients for suicide attempt beginning June 2011, this was before Todd's death, according to Health Day News.

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Associate professor of pediatrics and emergency medicine at Western University in London, Ontario, researcher Dr. Naveen Poonai said that "Our results suggest that despite provincial funding initiatives and anti-bullying campaigns, ER visits for suicidal behavior in Ontario, Canada, have been increasing among adolescents for the last five years."

Dr. Poonai added that the increase of suicidal attempts and suicidal thought should not be attributed to social media. More future research is needed, focusing on enlightening other reasons that lead to this devastating cause of death, according to UPI.

The findings of the research were presented on October 21 at the American Academy of Pediatrics' annual meeting, in San Francisco. The study also supports the development of national suicide strategy in Canada. Researchers also noted that suicide is the second-leading cause of death of teens and young adult in America and Canada.