Methods of suicide

Title

Methods of suicide

Genre

Interview

TX Date

Unknown

Year of production

1977

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Duration

00:05:52

Description

A discussion on the subject of committing suicide by means of road traffic accidents. Psychiatrist Michael Simpson discusses examples of this method, and claims that according to studies by professionals, this is a common way of committing suicide. He relates the story of a young Japanese girl, whose death by diving into a volcano triggered an epidemic of suicides; this turns the conversation onto the subject of copycat suicides. Female interviewer not identified.

Contributors

Michael Simpson

Keywords

Suicide; UK; Great Britain; Social systems; Japan; Human behaviour; Kiyoko Matsumoto

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