Suicide contagion: a systematic review of definitions and research utility.

Despite the common use of contagion to analogize the spread of suicide, there is a lack of rigorous assessment of the underlying concept or theory supporting the use of this term. The present study aims to examine the varied definitions and potential utility of the term contagion in suicide-related...

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Main Authors: Qijin Cheng, Hong Li, Vincent Silenzio, Eric D Caine
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4178222?pdf=render