CalvinFragilistic t1_j1zw2e2 wrote on December 28, 2022 at 5:21 PM

Reply to comment by _--00--_ in Anti-transgender legislation associated with suicide-related Internet searches when the state had a high LGBT population density. by Respawan

The normal amount of suicidal ideation is zero. Regardless of whether these people went on to try something, this is indicative of serious mental health consequences from damaging legislation.

_--00--_ t1_j204e6q wrote on December 28, 2022 at 6:15 PM

Yes... that is what the study is saying.

I'm saying, I feel like there's a better way to find this correlation outside of saying how many people in this state googled the word suicide and or depression.

CalvinFragilistic t1_j21teqk wrote on December 29, 2022 at 1:11 AM

I see what you’re saying, it’s just that I think it’s most likely that the people Googling suicide-related keywords are probably doing so because of suicidal ideation, so I think the logic behind the study holds. They could be looking up those topics for research or to help a friend or something, but in general, thinking excessively about death and/or suicide is associated with depression, so it seems likely that suicidal people would be doing the majority of that Googling. But that being said, there are definitely more precise means of researching this subject and I think it’s important to constantly be looking for better ways of approaching these questions