When Television Newscasters Dramatize Suicides, There Is the Danger of ____

question 39

Multiple Choice

When television newscasters dramatize suicides, there is the danger of ____.

• A) reducing the early identification of suicide attempters
• B) increasing the lethality of the methods that suicide attempters choose
• C) increasing the sense of depression among adolescents
• D) generating copycat suicides

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