This paper examines the association between media reporting on suicides and the
subsequent suicides. Scientific papers from two online bibliographic sources Medline …

The aim of the current systematic review was to monitor and provide an overview of the
research performed about the roles of media in suicide prevention in order to find out …

Of all the things we do and say, most will never be repeated or reproduced. Once in a while,
however, an idea or a practice generates a chain of transmission that covers more distance …

新聞やテレビなどのメディアによる自殺報道の後に自殺が増加する危険性 (模倣自殺と呼ばれること
があります) は以前から知られていましたが, 有名人の自殺報道などではセンセーショナルな報道に …

Investigating suicides following the death of Robin Williams, a beloved actor and comedian,
on August 11th, 2014, we used time-series analysis to estimate the expected number of …

Background A growing number of studies indicate that sensationalist reporting of suicide is
associated with increases in suicide rates, but in the light of some negative findings, the …

Suicide clusters, although uncommon, cause great concern in the communities in which they
occur. We searched the world literature on suicide clusters and describe the risk factors and …

The Werther effect describes the increased rate of completed or attempted suicides following
the depiction of an individual's suicide in the media, typically a celebrity. We present findings …

This booklet is an update of one in a series of resources on “Preventing suicide” addressed
to specific social and professional groups that are particularly relevant to the prevention of …

BACKGROUND: Exposure to media reporting on suicide can lead to suicide contagion and,
in some circumstances, may also lead to help-seeking behaviour. There is limited evidence …