Abstract
IntroductionSuicidal behavior in media may promote others towards suicide. No published study was found about suicidal attempt in children less than 10 years old after watching a homicidal behavior.Case presentationThis is a report of a 7 year old boy referred because he hanged himself after watching homicidal behavior of hanging in a fictional movie.DiscussionTo the author's knowledge, there was no published report of copycat suicidal attempt in a 7 year old child after watching a homicidal behavior in media. This report warns about an imitative effect of movie watching of homicidal behavior on suicidal attempt.
Highlights
Suicidal behavior in media may promote others towards suicide
To the authors' knowledge, no published study was found about the copycat suicide in children less than 10 years old after watching a homicidal behavior
Better understanding of the relationship between media reporting or media watching of homicidal behavior and subsequent suicidal behavior may help develop better effective strategies for suicide prevention. This is a report of a 7 year old boy with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder referred because of suicidal attempt after watching of a fictional movie
Summary
To the authors' knowledge, there was no published report of copycat suicidal attempt in a 7 year old child. There were no risk factors related to the audience such as anxiety and depression. He was a case of ADHD with impulsive behavior. There are limited studies that investigated the role of audiences' characteristics but those characteristics were limited to anxiety and depression [4]. This case reports that there are some other characteristics which are very common such as ADHD and impulsivity that should be considered in future studies. The role of ADHD and impulsivity for copycat suicidal attempt in very young children is an ignored research area
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