Sex and age differences in the association between routine suicide newspaper reporting and change in admissions of suicidal patients: An investigation at an emergency and critical care center in Tokyo

Yasushi Emura; Sho Kanata; Naoki Hayashi; Ken-ichi Matsumura; Akihisa Akahane; Mamoru Tochigi; Hiroshi Kunugi

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0330343

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Sex and age differences in the association between routine suicide newspaper reporting and change in admissions of suicidal patients: An investigation at an emergency and critical care center in Tokyo

Yasushi Emura ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Yasushi Emura, Sho Kanata

Roles Investigation, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Neuropsychiatry, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, Emura Mental and Internal Medicine Hospital, Nemuro, Japan
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Sho Kanata ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Yasushi Emura, Sho Kanata

Roles Investigation, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Neuropsychiatry, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7797-575X

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Naoki Hayashi ,

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: nhayashi55@nifty.com

Affiliations Department of Neuropsychiatry, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, Nishigahara Hospital, Tokyo, Japan

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5540-8175

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Ken-ichi Matsumura ,

Roles Investigation, Resources

¶‡ KM and AA also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Department of Neuropsychiatry, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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Akihisa Akahane ,

Roles Investigation, Resources

¶‡ KM and AA also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Department of Neuropsychiatry, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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Mamoru Tochigi,

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Neuropsychiatry, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, Health Care Center, the University of Electro-Communications, Tokyo, Japan
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Hiroshi Kunugi

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Neuropsychiatry, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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Sex and age differences in the association between routine suicide newspaper reporting and change in admissions of suicidal patients: An investigation at an emergency and critical care center in Tokyo

Yasushi Emura,
Sho Kanata,
Naoki Hayashi,
Ken-ichi Matsumura,
Akihisa Akahane,
Mamoru Tochigi,
Hiroshi Kunugi

Published: August 18, 2025
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0330343

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