Annenberg Public Policy Center: Suicide Rate Is Low During the Holidays, But the Holiday-Suicide Myth Persists
December 06, 2024
December 06, 2024
PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Dec. 6 (TNSres) -- The Annenberg Public Policy Center issued the following news release:
As in most years that we've followed news reporting about the myth that suicides peak during the end-of-year holidays, an analysis of the past year showed again that more newspaper accounts supported the false idea that the suicide rate increases during the holiday season than debunked it.
Over the past 25 years that we have been studying this phenomenon, . . .
As in most years that we've followed news reporting about the myth that suicides peak during the end-of-year holidays, an analysis of the past year showed again that more newspaper accounts supported the false idea that the suicide rate increases during the holiday season than debunked it.
Over the past 25 years that we have been studying this phenomenon, . . .