Robin Williams

Columbia study finds high rate of suicide after celebrity death – UPI.com

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A model made by researchers at the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health estimated that an increase of a thousand is the possibility that a person would have started to think about suicide after the news of the death of Robin Williams by suicide in 2014. File Photo by Rune Hellestad/ UPI

1 of 2 | A model made by researchers at the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health estimated that an increase of a thousand is the possibility that a person would have started to think about suicide after the news of the death of Robin Williams by suicide in 2014. File Photo by Rune … Read more

Researchers say the epidemic of suicide after celebrity death is real – as they study Robin Williams, Kate Spade and Anthony Bourdain.

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Robin Williams committed suicide by hanging in 2014, prompting Americans to do the same.

Celebrity suicides can act as a ‘contagion’ – causing thousands of people to consider suicide, a new study has warned. Researchers analyzed the ‘rapid and massive spread’ of suicidal behavior linked to the deaths of three notable people, including actor Robin Williams, fashion designer Kate Spade and travel writer Anthony Bourdain. They found a 1,000-fold … Read more