Resource Tag: IMITATIVE SUICIDE

Suicide rates in prisons are high. Our aim was to investigate the contribution of imitative suicide to the prison suicide rate. We used Knox tests for space-time clustering in a case register of natural and self-inflicted deaths in prisons in England and Wales and model simulations to estimate the effect size. We found significant space-time […]

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For the full Report, please see SIEC #2005-0750

For the Executive Summary of this Report, please see SIEC #2005-0749

Published in “The Suicidal Process: Challenges for Treatment and Prevention”

Published in “The Suicidal Process: Challenges for Treatment and Prevention”

The authors reviewed recent research on the effect of suicide stories in the media on real-life suicide rates. Logistic regression techniques applied to 419 findings from 55 studies determined that: studies measuring the presence of an entertainment or political celebrity were 5.27 times more likely to find a copycat effect; studies focusing on stories that […]

A total of 293 findings from 42 studies on the impact of publicized suicide stories in the media on the incidence of suicide in the real world were analyzed by logistic regression analysis. Studies measuring the effect of either an entertainment or political celebrity suicide story were 14.3 times more likely to find a copycat […]

Published in “Suicide Risk & Protective Factors in the New Millennium,” ed. by O T Grad

Published in “Suicide Risk & Protective Factors in the New Millennium,” ed. by O T Grad

Published in “Suicide Risk & Protective Factors in the New Millennium,” ed. by O T Grad

For the original article by Gould & Shaffer, please see SIEC #1986-1466. For the replication study by Phillips & Paight, please see SIEC #1987-1753.

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The authors present a review of the current trends in the literature in different fields of adolescent suicide today. Special emphasis is given to psychopathology & its relationship with suicide, epidemiology, suicide prevention, & therapeutical issues. (19 refs)

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In this article the author argues the importance of theoretical grounding for research into suicidal behaviors from the perspective of psychological science. He provides examples of this perspective from his own work, & discusses their implications for future research in the field. (49 refs)

For the full report, please see SIEC #2004-0365

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In 1903, Otto Weininger published a book “Sex and Character,” that may have led to an epidemic of suicide in young, educated Jewish women. The purpose of this essay is to alert researchers that a better example of a book leading to an epidemic of suicide may exist. (3 refs)

The present study analyzes 293 findings from 42 studies on the effect of media reports of suicide on actual rates, which were published between 1974 & 1996. A logistic regression analysis determined that characteristics of the stories were key predictors of finding a copycat effect. Celebrity suicides, stories based on real events, & the newspaper […]