Suicide Rate is Lower During Holidays, But Holiday-Suicide Myth Persists | The Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania

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Suicide Rate is Lower During Holidays, But Holiday-Suicide Myth Persists

Nearly two-thirds of the newspaper stories linking the holidays and suicide over the 2016-17 holiday season supported a false connection between the two, according to an analysis of media coverage.