The influence of media coverage of a celebrity suicide on subsequent suicide attempts.

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the impact of media reporting of a celebrity suicide on subsequent suicide attempts. METHOD: A Poisson time series autoregression analysis was conducted to examine whether there was a significant increase in suicide attempts during the 3-week period after the start of exte...

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Main Authors: Cheng, A, Hawton, K, Chen, T, Yen, A, Chen, C, Chen, L, Teng, P
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2007