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 than studies that did not. Studies based on real as opposed to fictional research, as well as those based on newspaper as opposed to television medias were also more likely to report a copycat effect. Implications are discussed. (8 refs)