Teenage suicides had already disturbingly spiked nearly 56% over the previous decade, according to the Centers for Disease Control-but in the month after 13 Reasons Why premiered, there was a nearly 29% increase in suicide among Americans between the age of 10 and 17, according to a study funded by the National Institutes of Health. At the time, mental health experts repeatedly warned that such an unsparing depiction of the character’s death was dangerous, and could potentially glorify suicide to at-risk audience members-inspiring teens to copy what they had seen play out onscreen.
In 2017, Netflix found itself at the center of serious controversy when the teen drama series 13 Reasons Why premiered-showing, in graphic detail, the suicide of its central character, Hannah Baker.
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