Abstract
Teen Suicide: Life Imitates Art
This magazine article describes the results of a German study which documents an increase in teenage suicide after the broadcasting of a TV miniseries focusing on a teenage railway suicide. The higher rate continued up to 16 weeks after the broadcast. The researchers speculate as to whether the increased suicide rate in younger age groups is due to the expansion of the mass media & their increasing tolerance of attractive models of destructive behavior. (CM)