A couple of days back a good friend of mine suddenly passed away, and I still don't have a clue why. That got me, naturally, trying to find some answers to at least some of the many questions that swirl in my head. I found a newly, dating only a couple of weeks back, published research article in the journal PLOS ONE , claiming that a 10% increase in suicides -- nearly 2,000 additional deaths -- was recorded in the United States in the four months after actor and comedian Robin Williams took his own life in 2014. That was almost mind-blowing to read. The "celebrity-suicide effect" -- in which copycat suicides follow that of someone famous -- has been documented in previous research, so it is a well known fact. But the amount of that kind of copycats is significantly high, way too high. I can't say that this research helped me understanding why my friend is gone, but at least it got me thinking about something else for a while. And I know I am not alone in this...
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