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Taking care of suicidal young people on social networks: The Elios project Volume 96, issue 5, Mai 2020

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1 CHU Lille, Service de psychiatrie, F-59000 Lille, France
2 Unité Inserm U1172, Centre de recherche neurosciences et cognitions, Équipe plasticité & subjectivité, Université de Lille, F-59000 Lille, France
3 Groupement d’étude et de prévention du suicide, France
4 Programme Papageno, France
5 Centre de recherche médecine, Sciences, Santé, Santé mentale, Société (Cermes3), UMR CNRS 8211, Unité Inserm 988-EHESS-Université Paris Descartes, F-75006 Paris, France
6 Fédération régionale de recherche en psychiatrie et santé mentale Hauts-de-France, F-59350 Saint-André, France
7 Centre national de ressources et de résilience, F-59000 Lille, France
8 Univ. Lille, Inserm, CHU Lille, CIC1403, Centre d’investigation clinique, F-59000 Lille, France
9 CHU Lille, Service d’épidémiologie, Santé publique et économie de la santé, F-59000 Lille, France
* Correspondance

The specific vulnerability of adolescents and young adults to suicidal behaviors is widely acknowledged. However, the persistent lack of access to care services within this population remains a major obstacle to prevention. Although it has brought with it specific risks, the spread of social networks offers new ways of overcoming the traditional barriers to help-seeking, owing to the specific modes of interaction and communication that they imply. The project Équipe en Ligne d’Intervention et d’Orientation pour la prévention du Suicide (Elios) (Online Team for Referral and Intervention in Suicide Prevention) aims to use the digital possibilities of social networks to promote access to care for young suicidal people. It consists of a team of online clinicians who will provide suicidal young people with first-line assistance by intervening directly on social media platforms thanks to innovative and integrated technological solutions. Specifically, Elios will deliver online counseling, motivational support, crisis intervention, and referral to conventional care services. The project is currently implemented as part of a randomized controlled trial. If proved efficient, it could be generalized as an ordinary offer of care.