A new study says that “13 Reasons Why” led to a 28.9% increase in suicides among Americans ages 10-17.
SALT LAKE CITY — A new study says there was an 28.9% increase in suicides among Americans ages 10-17 in April 2017, which was the month following the release of “13 Reasons Why,» on Netflix «after accounting for ongoing trends in suicide rates.»
The study, published Monday in the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, found that the reported suicide increase happened within the first month after the show dropped in 2017.
«The findings highlight the necessity of using best practices when portraying suicide in popular entertainment and in the media,» according to the press release.
The number of suicides in the single month was higher than any other one month in the period that researchers examined for the study.
Throughout the rest of the year, there were 195 more youth suicides than predicted based on previous patterns between April 1 and Dec. 31,2017, according to the study.
