Anyone may be in a situation or under certain life circumstances in which our limits, and we all have limits, may be crossed and pushed so hard that we may end our lives. More than 720 000 people die due to suicide every year. Suicide is the third leading cause of death among 15–29-year-olds. Seventy-three […]
In social sciences and in medicine, the term “Werther-effect” is used as a synonym for media induced imitation effects of suicidal behavior. The term was coined following the publication of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s novel The Sorrows of Young Werther, which tells the story of a romantic infatuation that ends in suicide. One of these
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