Social Contagions: Life Inside The Peer Pressure Chamber
Medical Daily,
Lifestyle choices spread through social groups like viruses.
Suicidal ideation and behaviour may increase when adolescents are exposed to schoolmate and personally known suicides
The Mental Elf,
Suicidal ideation and behaviours are widespread and serious amongst adolescents (Husky et al., 2012). One theory suggests that…
Exposure to Suicide Predicts Increased Suicidality in Adolescents, Study Finds
Psychiatric News Alert,
Exposure to suicide can lead to suicidal ideation and suicide attempts in adolescents, researchers at the Harvard School of…
New study supports suicide 'contagion' in teens
The Chart,
Having a schoolmate commit suicide significantly increases the chance that a teenager will consider or attempt suicide…