Suicides Spiked Following the Death of Robin Williams [psmag.com]

Alicia Doktor 2/8/1812:00 PM

Robin Williams brought a lot of joy to a lot of people during his 63 years of life. But new research reports there is a dark side to his formidable legacy.

It reports that, in the four months after the actor and comedian took his own life, the suicide rate in the United States was nearly 10 percent higher than it would be otherwise.

That suggests more than 1,800 people were prompted by news coverage of his demise to follow his example.

[For more on this story by TOM JACOBS, go to https://psmag.com/news/suicide...th-of-robin-williams]

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