“Werther effect” – Media, a potential preventive tool for suicidal behaviour

Suicide, with all its psychosocial impacts, is a major public health problem and needs prompt preventive approaches considering its increasing magnitude. In this era of the internet, people started to rely more on data available at their fingertips than the print media. And this is the time to apply...

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Main Authors: Soumya P Thomas, Sheena Varughese, Roy Abraham Kallivayalil
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Indian Psychiatric Society (Kerala State Branch 2020-08-01
Series:Kerala Journal of Psychiatry
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Online Access:https://kjponline.com/index.php/kjp/article/view/207