HealthDay (11/1, Reinberg) reported, “How the media reports on celebrity suicides may increase the risk for copycats,” researchers indicated, “but following guidelines on the reporting of these suicides can reduce the risk of others following suit,” investigators concluded after using “14 variables from recommendations by the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention on how to report on suicide, which include not sensationalizing the death and framing the report as a public health issue.” In particular, “the researchers looked at how the guidelines were used after the suicides of designer Kate Spade and chef Anthony Bourdain.” The findingswere published online Nov. 1 in a research letter in JAMA Network Open.
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— “Media Reports on Celeb Suicides Could Trigger Copycats, ” Steven Reinberg, HealthDay, November 1, 2019