University of Vermont Medical Center, Burlington.
J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2020 Feb;59(2):216-218. doi: 10.1016/j.jaac.2019.09.025. Epub 2019 Oct 4.
After declining modestly from 1999 to 2007, death rates from suicide in adolescents increased 56% from 2007 to 2016. Suicide continues to be the second leading cause of death in this age group. Risk factors for suicidal thoughts and behavior in adolescents are not altogether different from those in adulthood, with potent risk factors including depression, a history of abuse, and, of course, prior suicidal ideation. One risk factor to which youth may be more susceptible than adults is media reports of suicide, including fictional stories. This effect whereby vulnerable youths imitate the suicidal behavior of celebrities, other youths, or fictional characters has referred to as "suicide contagion" or "copycat suicide." The study "Association Between the Release of Netflix's 13 Reasons Why and Suicide Rates in the United States: An Interrupted Time Series Analysis" in this issue tests whether this effect was observed in response to the release of the Netflix series 13 Reasons Why..
自 1999 年至 2007 年略有下降后，青少年自杀死亡率从 2007 年至 2016 年增长了 56%。自杀仍然是该年龄段的第二大死因。青少年自杀念头和行为的风险因素与成年人并无太大不同，其中包括抑郁、虐待史，当然还有先前的自杀意念。青少年比成年人更容易受到某些风险因素的影响，例如媒体对自杀的报道，包括虚构的故事。这种易受影响的青少年模仿名人、其他青少年或虚构角色自杀行为的现象被称为“自杀传染”或“模仿自杀”。本期发表的研究报告“网飞公司 13 个理由（13 Reasons Why）系列剧播出与美国自杀率的关系：中断时间序列分析”检验了这一效应是否因网飞公司的 13 个理由系列剧的播出而被观察到。
