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There is a correlation between media reporting on suicides and suicides in the area, likely due copycats of people on the precipice. Obviously we also cannot st
by Rastonbury 2y ago
There is a correlation between media reporting on suicides and suicides in the area, likely due copycats of people on the precipice. Obviously we also cannot stop reporting on the topic totally, so this is the balance, also why you find suicide helplines alongside such articles.
- seb1204 2y agoReading this halfway around the globe I wonder what local area they are referring to? The globe?
- Rastonbury 2y agoI think the effect was noted/studied before Internet so as to separate it from broader country or global trends