I have mixed feelings about this, but I think it could be positive depending on how data related to a user's suicidal state is protected. I recently started co

I have mixed feelings about this, but I think it could be positive depending on how data related to a user's suicidal state is protected. I recently started conducting studies dealing with technology and psychological interventions and had to find ethical (privacy protecting) mechanisms for responding to participants who express suicidal intentions or show several indicators suggesting depression. We ultimately settled on an automated mechanism that suggests resources to the participant directly in cases indicating depression and human intervention on cases expressing suicidal intentions. It isn't perfect but seemed to be the best balance between privacy and helpfulness.