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One Teenager Killed Himself. Six More Followed
- atdrummond 8y agoOn another "cluster": https://thevillagefreepress.org/2019/04/14/maywood-hit-with-a-suicide-cluster-needs-more-experts-to-confront-this-crisis/ https://thevillagefreepress.org/2019/04/14/maywood-hit-with-...
- DanBC 8y agoWe need to be really careful with reporting supposed suicide clusters. The most famous recent case in the UK - Bridgend - turned out to have been caused by reporting of it. That is, a few deaths happened, then sensationalist news reporting happened, and a lot more deaths happened. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3756004/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3756004/ > There was a possible suicide cluster in young people in Bridgend between December 2007 and February 2008. This cluster was smaller, shorter in duration, and predominantly later than the phenomenon that was reported in national and international print media. Further investigation of factors leading to the onset and termination of this series of deaths, in particular the role of the media, is required https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/769469/Identifying_and_responding_to_suicide_clusters_and_contagion.pdf https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/... https://econtent.hogrefe.com/doi/abs/10.1027/0227-5910/a000410 https://econtent.hogrefe.com/doi/abs/10.1027/0227-5910/a0004... https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/theeditors/2008/02/reporting_bridgend.html https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/theeditors/2008/02/reporting_bri... I'm always surprised, alarmed, at the very poor quality of reporting on suicide coming from the US. It feels like US journalists just don't care that the words they chose can cause significant harm.
- rolph 8y agoAnd its hidden behind a wall, so some form of monetization is connected to this.