The Correlation Between Media Reporting on Suicide and the Suicide Rate

Suicide in and of itself didn't even become a thing until like the early 80s, really. Kids were killing themselves, but it wasn't on anybody's radar because people just wanted it under wraps for the family's sake. A friend of mine from Alaska says they lost four kids a year to suicide in her high school. It's amazing how many problems we were sweeping under the rug during those days.