"We can't prove that it's 13 Reasons Why but 13 Reasons Why is the obvious candidate," contributing to the increase, said study co-author Dr. Mark Sinyor, a psychiatrist at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in Toronto. Suicide wrongly glamorizedThe study's authors called on public health and suicide experts to guide the entertainment industry "to prevent further harmful suicide portrayals." 3:09In public health terms, those increases are significant, Korenblum and Sinyor said, after accounting for expected seasonal changes in suicide rates. While he says the study has weaknesses, Korenblum said the authors make an important point about portraying suicide better in fiction. Since Netflix does not make publicly share viewership figures, the researchers indirectly estimated attention to the show from social media posts.

Source: CBC News May 29, 2019 23:15 UTC