- 13 REASONS WHY 2 PEOPLE DIED MOVIE
- 13 REASONS WHY 2 PEOPLE DIED FULL
- 13 REASONS WHY 2 PEOPLE DIED SERIES
Given how the entertainment industry responds to ratings, Korenblum called for a "groundswell of protest" of people not watching the show to force changes. While he says the study has weaknesses, Korenblum said the authors make an important point about portraying suicide better in fiction.
13 REASONS WHY 2 PEOPLE DIED FULL
Clarification: A previous version of this story did not include the full quote from Linda Schuyler at the 1:37 mark. Their estimates show a 12.4 per cent increase in suicides among males, an increase of 21.7 among females, in the three months when social media interest in the show was strongest.ĭuration 2:09 The Netflix show 13 Reasons Why is the subject of a new study co-authored by a Canadian, looking into suicides by teens and tweens before and after the show was released. The study's authors called on public health and suicide experts to guide the entertainment industry "to prevent further harmful suicide portrayals." In reality, most young people do have a trusted adult in their life to confide in and help lines and services are available, he says. "The trouble with the show was … it was a disincentive to help seeking," said Korenblum.įor Korenblum, who watched the first season, the biggest problem was how most of the parents and teachers were portrayed as ignorant at best and narcissistic at worst. Marshall Korenblum, an adolescent psychiatrist and associate professor at the University of Toronto.
13 REASONS WHY 2 PEOPLE DIED MOVIE
In contrast, positive portrayals of getting help - such as stories of movie stars or athletes who recover from depression or suicidal thoughts - can be inspirational for young people who may be struggling, said Dr. Mark Sinyor, psychiatrist, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre It presented Hannah Baker's suicide almost as like a good thing. "We expected in advance that there would be an increase in youth, and in particular young women because of the protagonist in the show, and what we saw was a sudden increase in suicides only in youth, not in older people, and in particular in young women."įor researchers, it's strong evidence that, like a contagion, suicide among identifiable people, whether real or fictional, can lead a small group of people to kill themselves.
Mark Sinyor, a psychiatrist at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in Toronto. "We can't prove that it's 13 Reasons Why but 13 Reasons Why is the obvious candidate," contributing to the increase, said study co-author Dr. The authors focused on April to June 2017 because it coincided with the strongest interest in the show, which debuted in March, based on Instagram and Twitter data, compared with suicides over the previous 20 years. among those aged 10 to 19 in the three months following the show's release. Thomas Niederkrotenthaler of the Medical University of Vienna and his team say there were roughly 94 more suicides than expected in the U.S. In a study published in Wednesday's issue of the journal JAMA Psychiatry, Dr.
13 REASONS WHY 2 PEOPLE DIED SERIES
Following the debut of the controversial Netflix series 13 Reasons Why, about a teen girl's suicide, a team of international and Canadian researchers estimate there was a 13.3 per cent increase in suicide among tweens and teens.