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Suicide Epidemics and Newspaper Reporting
Author(s) -
Littmann Sebastian K.
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
suicide and life‐threatening behavior
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.544
H-Index - 90
eISSN - 1943-278X
pISSN - 0363-0234
DOI - 10.1111/j.1943-278x.1985.tb00787.x
Subject(s) - newspaper , antecedent (behavioral psychology) , harm , criminology , suicide prevention , poison control , covid-19 , medicine , psychology , environmental health , advertising , social psychology , business , pathology , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty)
This paper looks at the relationship between suicide‐related newspaper reports and a subway‐suicide epidemic. More reports were published during the epidemic, without statistically significant differences between epidemic and nonepidemic years. There did not appear to be an excess of reports antecedent to the suicide. The role of newspapers is discussed with particular reference to suicide epidemics. The need for studies of content of newspaper items related to self‐harm is emphasized.