Copycat effects after media reports on suicide: a population-based ecologic study

摘要: This study aimed to investigate whether the risk of increased suicide occurrence after reports on is associated with social characteristics reported suicides and this varies similarity between in population. We collected all 179 individual named 13 largest Austrian nationwide newspapers from 1996 2006. Information status sociodemographic suicides, certainty labelling death as a suicide, methods applied were extracted articles. conducted logistic regression analyses, increase post-report within 28 days dependent variable. In model 1, that matched regard age group, sex method was used outcome 2, different these outcome. 3, total Celebrity 30 64 years, definitive an similar suicides; criminality (i.e. suspected or convicted crime) lower increase. dissimilar none variables suicides. only predictor The findings support hypothesis impact copycat behaviour. Evidence effects seemed be strongest respective sex, method.