Robin Williams and Suicide Porn
Vaughan Bell, on Mind Hacks:
One of the first things I do in the morning is check the front pages of the daily papers and on the day following Robin Williams’ death, rarely have I been so disappointed in the British press. […]
It seems counter-intuitive to many, that a media description of suicide could actually increase the risk for suicide, but it is a genuine risk and people die through what is sometimes called suicide contagion or copycat suicide.
Sometimes I wonder if the extent to which this stuff frustrates me is disproportionate.
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