Posted by zazenduckie on December 5, 2006, at 15:30:46
In reply to Re: Online Suicide Contagion DR Bob**TRIGGERS**, posted by Honore on December 5, 2006, at 15:17:09
> Zazenduckie wrote:
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> "I hope you are not planning to continue to use professionally tragedies that occur on this board. Perhaps instead use that energy to reflect on the actual policies regarding publishing reports of others' deaths."
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> I'm not sure, ZZD, how you believe Bob is using tragedies professionally.
>Honore I was referring to his using the tragedy of a poster's reported suicide as the subject for a professional presentation from which I quoted above. You'll notice his name as one of the authors.
> I haven't noticed his using them, so I'm not sure what you're referring to.
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> I also noticed, just to make it clear to others here, that Mydeathspace lists deaths from all causes, most of them accidental, or homocide, from my brief visit to the site.That's true. I also wasn't suggesting any direct connection between that study and this site.
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> You bring up a very disturbing thought, at least ase disturbing as the very sad recent events. I wonder: do you believe that there exists a contagion of suicide or suicidality?I don't know.
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> If you do, why do you? I know that there are various sorts of hypotheses about events that may related in time, and some element, to one another. But do you actually believe that there is a causal link? That's a much strong relationship between events than others one might posit.
>I don't know really....I certainly couldn't prove it. I have read about clusters of suicides in high schools for instance or in treatment centers for people with emotional problems or in military groups. I don't know how you could really prove something like that.
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