INTERNATIONAL NEWS - US suicide rates spiked in the months after Robin Williams killed himself in 2014, according to researchers.
In the five months after the actor's death there were 10% more suicides than might be expected, or 1,841 extra cases, PLOS One journal reports.
The potential risk of copycat incidents after celebrity cases is known to public health bodies.
It cannot be known for certain if his death led to the spike but it appeared to be connected, the new study said.
Experts say "irresponsible" media coverage of suicides can play a big part in copycat cases.
US suicides 'spiked after Robin Williams's death'
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Posted on: 08:33 Thu, 08 February 2018
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