Do Newspaper Reports of Coroners' Inquests Incite People to Commit Suicide?
- 1 November 1977
- journal article
- Published by Royal College of Psychiatrists in The British Journal of Psychiatry
- Vol. 131 (5) , 528-532
- https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.131.5.528
Abstract
A statistical association has been found between reports of suicide inquests in a local paper and the subsequent suicide of men under 45 years.Keywords
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