Abstract

TV Films Found Not to Affect Suicide Rate Among Teens: Earlier Study Contradicted

Wheeler D L

Year: 1987 Source: Chronicle of Higher Education, v.34, no.5, (September 1987), p.1 SIEC No: 19880138

A brief news item about a recent study conducted in California & Pennsylvania to determine the effect of viewing 3 televised films about suicide on adolescent suicide rates. Contrary to an earlier New York study, researchers found no effect on suicide rates. (NBB)