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Disclaimer: coincidentally, I was 5150'ed today per an email I didn't think through clearly very early in the morning I sent to a family member. Due to the Wer
by burntrelish1273 8y ago
Disclaimer: coincidentally, I was 5150'ed today per an email I didn't think through clearly very early in the morning I sent to a family member.
Due to the Werther Effect, does discussing this influence the behavior? Isn't it why all discussions of the topic are banned in certain country's news... not for embarrassment or to hide trauma, but to prevent it from becoming a memetic epidemic?
- tomcam 8y ago5150 means you're involuntarily committed due to mental illness where I come from--what happened to you today exactly?
- burntrelish1273 8y agoIt's originally part of the TPS Act in Cali, and it's not a convo for anonymous online discussion.
- DanBC 8y agoDiscussing it does increase the risk in some people. You can't forbid discussion. You can ask that media doesn't report details of method, or location, or speculate on reasons. We know from interviews from survivors that each of these increase risk. I hope the hospitalisation goes well! (I know very very little about hospitals outside England.)
- burntrelish1273 8y agoIn the US, government forbidding publication by censorship is called "prior restraint," which has a very narrow scope. Sure you can forbid discussion. In fact, there are some things you legally can't say: state secrets (i.e., agents in harm's way), shout "fire" in a crowded theater, slander or be Geraldo Rivera discussing troops-in-contact battle-plans. https://www.thedailybeast.com/teen-copycat-suicides-are-a-real-phenomenon https://www.thedailybeast.com/teen-copycat-suicides-are-a-re... Also "Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion" by Robert B. Cialdini