Media coverage of Robin Williams’ suicide in the United States: A contributor to contagion?

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About the Authors

Victoria Carmichael

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Project administration, Visualization, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Psychiatry, Douglas Mental Health University Institute, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Rob Whitley

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Psychiatry, Douglas Mental Health University Institute, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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