hey people, asking just in case anyone knows: is the suicide contagion/Werther effect thing solid? professionals still believe it?
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Replying to @SilverVVulpes
ok good overview of the lack of rigor in the concept itself - going back to Joiner in 1999 https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Claire_Niedzwiedz/publication/235378289_Suicide_Clusters_A_Review_of_Risk_Factors_and_Mechanisms/links/54af10700cf29661a3d47f92/Suicide-Clusters-A-Review-of-Risk-Factors-and-Mechanisms.pdf …
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Replying to @sarahdoingthing @SilverVVulpes
around 2000 Stack figured out the formula for generating an exciting/publishable result http://pubmedcentralcanada.ca/pmcc/articles/PMC1732435/pdf/v057p00238.pdf …
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Stack tries to quantify - http://xa.yimg.com/kq/groups/23508303/820909062/name/suicide%20in%20the%20media%20-%20a%20quantitative%20review.pdf …pic.twitter.com/M2ZnVlwFV5
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