Netflix show 13 Reasons Why associated with 28.9% rise in suicide rates in youth
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I don't want to kill myself, because I get more joy out of being a constant thorn in the sides of the corrupt, but as a teenager you may well feel differently. And for good reason. I felt more helpless as a teenager as well and did at times ponder whether a strongly worded suicide note along with suicide would achieve more than anything else I could have done.
That is no longer true, but that still doesn't change that I did experience those feelings.
Isn't it more important to address this than to (as perhaps legislators may try) simply prohibit media that deal with these themes?
See the most recent scandal in the UK where a debate kicked off around whether instagram et al should allow content from people showing off their self-harm, etc...
The Netflix show "13 Reasons Why" was associated with a 28.9% increase in suicide rates among U.S. youth ages 10-17 in the month (April 2017) following the shows release, after accounting for ongoing trends in suicide rates, according to a study.
https://www.nimh.nih.gov/news/science-news/2019/release-of-1...
The study as it appears on the journal's website:
https://www.jaacap.org/article/S0890-8567(19)30288-6/fulltex...
From [0], April 2017
[0]: https://www.weareteachers.com/problem-with-13-reasons-why/
This is clearly a huge social cost. How should a society, government deal with situation like this? How they do right now? (I'm interested in a general view, not only the US, cause they're crazy about "do what you want no matter the social cost")