Spike in US teen suicides after Netflix '13 Reasons Why' release: study

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The series was met with concern when it aired in March 2017, with health and education professionals fearing the content was potentially harmful...

There has been a spike in teenage suicides in the US since the debut of '13 reasons why' on NetflixThe series was met with concern when it aired in March 2017, with health and education professionals fearing the content was potentially harmful for vulnerable populations, such as adolescents.

According to the new study, researchers estimated there were an additional 195 suicide deaths -- an increase of nearly 29 percent -- among 10 to 17 year-olds in the nine months after its release. The number of suicide deaths among the same age category"increased significantly" in the month immediately after it hit screens, said the paper, published in the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.The researchers however were not able to establish a causal link between viewing the television series and the increase in suicides and acknowledged other factors may have played a role.

Author of the report Jeffrey Bridge, who led the research team from the Nationwide Children's Hospital in Ohio, told AFP that the Netflix drama portrayed the lead character's suicide in a sensationalized manner.

 

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