Suicide Contagion (SOP58)
Conventional wisdom says that impressionable individuals will imitate all kinds of behaviors they see in movies and on TV \u2014 including suicide, especially in the wake of the TV series "13 Reasons Why." But is there such a thing as suicide contagion? The evidence is weak, according to Christopher Ferguson, PhD, who details a scientific review he conducted to try to answer that question.\n APA is currently seeking proposals for APA 2020, click here to learn more https://convention.apa.org/proposals\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices