Media effects on suicide methods: A case study on Hong Kong 1998-2005.
BACKGROUND:Previous studies have suggested that mass media's reports of new suicide methods will increase suicides using the same method. The same pattern seems not to apply to a conventional suicide method, unless it was used by a celebrity. OBJECTIVE:1) to examine media effects on both new an...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2017-01-01
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| Series: | PLoS ONE |
| Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5389840?pdf=render |