Life-threatening Blue Whale Violent Video Game: A Case Report
The use of the internet has increased among adolescents in recent years. Although internet offers many opportunities such as socializing, obtaining information, it also has the potential to affect vulnerable individuals negatively. Recently the blue whale game, known as the blue whale challenge has...
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| author | Mutlu Uysal Yazıcı Emine Gülşah Torun Zeynelabidin Öztürk Mehmet Çeleğen Benan Bayrakçı |
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| description | The use of the internet has increased among adolescents in recent years. Although internet offers many opportunities such as socializing, obtaining information, it also has the potential to affect vulnerable individuals negatively. Recently the blue whale game, known as the blue whale challenge has attracted the attention of the public with numerous reports that young people from all over the world have harmed themselves due to the commands requested in the game. This and similar dangers should be recognized, and families should be warned and the necessary actions should be taken to protect children and adolescents in society. We describe a suicide case followed in the pediatric intensive care unit in order to raise awareness that computer games such as the blue whale game that adolescents can easily access via the internet can have fatal consequences |
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| spelling | doaj.art-905793de7fd54fedb7b9727d533e738f2023-02-15T16:12:24ZengGalenos YayineviJournal of Pediatric Emergency and Intensive Care Medicine2146-23992148-73322022-12-019319619810.4274/cayd.galenos.2021.1259913049054Life-threatening Blue Whale Violent Video Game: A Case ReportMutlu Uysal Yazıcı0Emine Gülşah Torun1Zeynelabidin Öztürk2Mehmet Çeleğen3Benan Bayrakçı4 University of Hacettepe İhsan Doğramacı Children’s Hospital, Clinic of Pediatric Intensive Care, Ankara, Turkey University of Health Sciences Turkey, Dr. Sami Ulus Training and Research Hospital for Maternity and Children, Clinic of Pediatrics, Ankara, Turkey University of Hacettepe İhsan Doğramacı Children’s Hospital, Clinic of Pediatric Intensive Care, Ankara, Turkey University of Hacettepe İhsan Doğramacı Children’s Hospital, Clinic of Pediatric Intensive Care, Ankara, Turkey University of Hacettepe İhsan Doğramacı Children’s Hospital, Clinic of Pediatric Intensive Care, Ankara, Turkey The use of the internet has increased among adolescents in recent years. Although internet offers many opportunities such as socializing, obtaining information, it also has the potential to affect vulnerable individuals negatively. Recently the blue whale game, known as the blue whale challenge has attracted the attention of the public with numerous reports that young people from all over the world have harmed themselves due to the commands requested in the game. This and similar dangers should be recognized, and families should be warned and the necessary actions should be taken to protect children and adolescents in society. We describe a suicide case followed in the pediatric intensive care unit in order to raise awareness that computer games such as the blue whale game that adolescents can easily access via the internet can have fatal consequences http://www.caybdergi.com/archives/archive-detail/article-preview/life-threatening-blue-whale-violent-video-game-a-c/53181 adolescentblue whalecomputer gamesuicide |
| spellingShingle | Mutlu Uysal Yazıcı Emine Gülşah Torun Zeynelabidin Öztürk Mehmet Çeleğen Benan Bayrakçı Life-threatening Blue Whale Violent Video Game: A Case Report Journal of Pediatric Emergency and Intensive Care Medicine adolescent blue whale computer game suicide |
| title | Life-threatening Blue Whale Violent Video Game: A Case Report |
| title_full | Life-threatening Blue Whale Violent Video Game: A Case Report |
| title_fullStr | Life-threatening Blue Whale Violent Video Game: A Case Report |
| title_full_unstemmed | Life-threatening Blue Whale Violent Video Game: A Case Report |
| title_short | Life-threatening Blue Whale Violent Video Game: A Case Report |
| title_sort | life threatening blue whale violent video game a case report |
| topic | adolescent blue whale computer game suicide |
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