TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2024//
TI  - Quantifying suicide contagion at population scale
JO  - Science advances
A1  - Shaman, Jeffrey
A1  - Kandula, Sasikiran
A1  - Pei, Sen
A1  - Galanti, Marta
A1  - Olfson, Mark
A1  - Gould, Madelyn
A1  - Keyes, Katherine
SP  - eadq4074
EP  - eadq4074
VL  - 10
IS  - 31
N2  - The spread of suicidal behavior among individuals is often described as a contagion; however, rigorous modeling of suicide as a dynamic, contagious process is minimal. Here, we develop and validate a model-inference system depicting suicide ideation and death and use it to quantify the contagion processes in the US associated with two prominent celebrity suicide events: Robin Williams during 2014 and Kate Spade and Anthony Bourdain, which occurred 3 days apart during 2018. We show that both events produced large transient increases of suicide contagion contact rates, i.e., the spread of suicidal thought and behavior, and a period of elevated suicidal ideation in the general population. Our modeling approach provides a framework for quantifying suicidal contagion and better understanding, preventing, and containing its spread.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 2375-2548
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adq4074
ID  - ref1
ER  -