Is YouTube Influencing Teens To Commit Acts Of Self-Harm?
A new study has found over 5,000 YouTube videos on self-injury. These disturbing videos are attracting millions of views and psychologists fear that they may be serving as "how to's" for troubled teenage viewers.
A new study has found over 5,000 YouTube videos on self-injury, featuring live enactments and graphic photographs of people cutting and burning themselves. These disturbing videos are attracting millions of views and psychologists fear that they may be serving as “how to” tutorials for troubled teenage viewers.
CBS News reported on the pediatric study, ‘The Scope of Nonsuicidal Self-Injury on YouTube’, saying that “Canadian psychologist Stephen Lewis, a study co-author, said he found more than 5,000 YouTube videos on self-injury.
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