Fekete S, Balkó Mácsai E, Kóczán G, Ozsváth K, Benkö A
Pécsi Orvostudományi Egyetem Pszichiátriai Klinika, Országos Igazságügyi Toxikológiai Intézet.
Orv Hetil. 1992 Jan 5;133(1):25-8.
The authors analyse the modelling effect of the suicide of the first Hungarian beauty queen. After the publication of a book, a film and the newspapers about her suicide increased significantly the number of suicides committed by young females by the same method (Lidocain pill). During this period the consumption of Lidocain pills decreased in Hungary. The monthly and seasonal fluctuation of suicides committed by other methods is different from these changes. The suicide of celebrities mediated by the mass media can become modell through identification for a people in crisis situation.
