After the first season of «13 reasons why» from Netflix in Google has dramatically increased the number of requests associated with suicides.
This is according to a study in JAMA Internal Medicine.
So, the search queries of suicide was approximately 900 million — 1.5 million more than before the show.
«The more often one sees examples of suicide, the greater the likelihood that he will act», — told Reuters the study’s lead author, John Ayers of the University of San Diego in California.
For example, such search queries, «how to commit suicide» has grown on 26%, «to commit suicide» — on 18%, «how to kill yourself» — by 9%, «teenage suicide» — 34%.
In addition, increased requests for assistance. Number of requests for «hotlines for suicide» rose 21%, to «prevent suicide» — 23%.
«13 reasons why»is an American drama television series based on the novel by Jay Asher.
In the story of high school student Hannah Baker commits suicide. A few days later, her classmate finds a box on the doorstep, which is 7 tapes recorded by Hannah. There it says 13 reasons why she committed suicide.
Netflix gave the series a rating of «17+» and urged parents to watch it with teenagers to discuss such a difficult subject.
«We assumed that the discussion of this series will be serious. This kind of experiment, we were ready for this,» said a spokesman for Netflix.
