'13 Reasons Why' and young adults' risk of suicide

(Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania) A study of 729 young adults who completed surveys before and after the release of season two found beneficial and harmful effects. Viewers who stopped watching the season midway reported greater suicide risk and less optimism about the future than those who continued to the end. Unexpectedly, students who watched the entire season reported declines in suicide ideation and self-harm relative to those who didn't watch the show at all.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news