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View article: ‘Fair and balanced?’: quality of suicide-related reporting on major US cable news networks
‘Fair and balanced?’: quality of suicide-related reporting on major US cable news networks Open
Background The quality of news reports about suicide can influence suicide rates. Although many researchers have aimed to assess the general safety of news reporting in terms of adherence to responsible media guidelines, none have focused …
View article: Suicide rates in South Korea and internationally following release of the Netflix series ‘Squid Game’
Suicide rates in South Korea and internationally following release of the Netflix series ‘Squid Game’ Open
These findings indicate that SG did not produce Werther effects. Further studies are needed to confirm if this finding generally applies to entertainment media where suicides are included but not a major theme.
View article: Cognitive Biases Associated With Specific and Generalized Beliefs in Conspiracy Theory
Cognitive Biases Associated With Specific and Generalized Beliefs in Conspiracy Theory Open
We hypothesized that certain cognitive biases associated with delusional ideation might be associated with a tendency to believe in conspiracy theories. These biases were assessed using the Cognitive Bias Questionnaire for Psychosis (CBQp)…
View article: Predictors of Desertion: Analysis of the First Michigan Colored Infantry in the American Civil War
Predictors of Desertion: Analysis of the First Michigan Colored Infantry in the American Civil War Open
Over 180,000 black soldiers served in the Union Army in the American Civil War. They endured horrific deprivation and disease, and also substantial institutional discrimination in such areas as wage and promotion. Nevertheless, most never …
View article: Association of State Social and Environmental Factors With Rates of Self-injury Mortality and Suicide in the United States
Association of State Social and Environmental Factors With Rates of Self-injury Mortality and Suicide in the United States Open
These findings suggest that SIM rates were associated with modifiable, upstream factors. Although embedded in SIM, suicide unexpectedly deviated in proposed social and environmental determinants. Heterogeneity in medicolegal death investig…
View article: Social distancing predicts suicide rates: Analysis of the 1918 flu pandemic in 43 large cities, research note
Social distancing predicts suicide rates: Analysis of the 1918 flu pandemic in 43 large cities, research note Open
Social distancing (e.g., school and business closings) has been emphasized in current sociopolitical efforts in controlling COVID‐19. Such policies are assumed to increase suicide risk through lowering social integration. While two studies…
View article: Association between suicide reporting in the media and suicide: systematic review and meta-analysis
Association between suicide reporting in the media and suicide: systematic review and meta-analysis Open
Objective To examine the association between reporting on suicides, especially deaths of celebrities by suicide, and subsequent suicides in the general population. Design Systematic review and meta-analysis. Data sources PubMed/Medline, Ps…
View article: Association of Increased Youth Suicides in the United States With the Release of<i>13 Reasons Why</i>
Association of Increased Youth Suicides in the United States With the Release of<i>13 Reasons Why</i> Open
Caution must be taken in interpreting these findings; however, the suicide increase in youth only and the signal of a potentially larger increase in young females all appear to be consistent with a contagion by media and seem to reinforce …
View article: Method overtness, forensic autopsy, and the evidentiary suicide note: A multilevel National Violent Death Reporting System analysis
Method overtness, forensic autopsy, and the evidentiary suicide note: A multilevel National Violent Death Reporting System analysis Open
Objective Higher prevalence of suicide notes could signify more conservatism in accounting and greater proneness to undercounting of suicide by method. We tested two hypotheses: (1) an evidentiary suicide note is more likely to accompany s…
View article: Religious Activities and Suicide Prevention: A Gender Specific Analysis
Religious Activities and Suicide Prevention: A Gender Specific Analysis Open
The present analysis contributes to the existing literature on religion and suicide in three interrelated ways: (1) providing an analysis of suicide completions whereas most research is based on non-lethal levels of suicidality; (2) assess…
View article: Religiousness as a Predictor of Suicide: An Analysis of 162 European Regions
Religiousness as a Predictor of Suicide: An Analysis of 162 European Regions Open
Research on religion as a protective factor has been marked by four recurrent limitations: (1) an overemphasis on the United States, a nation where religiosity is relatively high; (2) a neglect of highly secularized zones of the world, whe…
View article: Discerning suicide in drug intoxication deaths: Paucity and primacy of suicide notes and psychiatric history
Discerning suicide in drug intoxication deaths: Paucity and primacy of suicide notes and psychiatric history Open
Objective A paucity of corroborative psychological and psychiatric evidence may be inhibiting detection of drug intoxication suicides in the United States. We evaluated the relative importance of suicide notes and psychiatric history in th…
View article: Religious Orientation and Its Relationship to Suicidality: A Study in One of the Least Religious Countries
Religious Orientation and Its Relationship to Suicidality: A Study in One of the Least Religious Countries Open
The relationship between religious orientation and suicidality can be more complex in samples of low religious rate. The present study was conducted in China, one of the least religious countries, with the purpose of exploring different as…