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Do Newspaper Reports of Coroners' Inquests Incite People to Commit Suicide?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

B. Barraclough ,
D. Shepherd  and
C. Jennings
B. Barraclough
Affiliation:
MRC Clinical Psychiatry Unit, Graylingwell Hospital, Chichester, West Sussex PO19 4PQ
D. Shepherd
Affiliation:
Department of Sociology and Social Administration, University of Southampton, SO9 5NH
C. Jennings
Affiliation:
MRC Clinical Psychiatry Unit, Graylingwell Hospital, Chichester, West Sussex PO19 4PQ
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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.

Type
Research Article
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 131 , Issue 5 , November 1977 , pp. 528 - 532
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1977 

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