BehaviorMay 8, 2017
13 Reasons Why and Suicide Contagion
What science shows about the dangers of suicide depictions
Stories by Patrick Devitt
Dr. Patrick Devitt is a consultant psychiatrist who has worked in Ireland and the U.S.A. He served for seven years as Inspector of Mental Health Services in Ireland. He is the co-author of Suicide: A Modern Obsession.
Mental HealthMarch 28, 2017
Suicide Risk Assessment Doesn't Work
New research suggests it doesn’t help—and it may hurt—to rely on a formula to predict the risk of a suicide