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Suicides Spiked After Robin Williams' Death: Study
Robin Williams’s death by suicide in August 2014 was one that figuratively broke the hearts of people worldwide. But a new study published today in PLOS-One suggests that the salacious media coverage surrounding his death may have inadvertently inspired even more tragedy—and deaths— in its wake. Researchers at Columbia University looked at suicide data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, using it to create a predictive model of how many suicides should have occurred in the US in 2014, assuming it was a typical year.
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Every time there was a suicide at any of the bases I was stationed at, there was an all-call set up for "awareness" training: Get help if you need it, here are some signs, pay attention to everyone who is showing any signs.
I saw several clusters of three or more in a short time frame.