Lavis, A., & Winter, R. (2020). # Online harms or benefits? An ethnographic analysis of the positives and negatives of peer‐support around self‐harm on social media. Journal of child psychology and psychiatry.

This study explores the reasons why users of social media sites such as Instagram, Twitter and Reddit post self-harm related material. The authors conclude that the benefits of peer support need to be balanced with the risk of contagion.  

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