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The Impact of a Celebrity's Suicide on the Introduction and Establishment of a New Method of Suicide in South Korea Ying-Yeh Chen
a b
, Paul S. F. Yip c f
c d
, Chee Hon Chan g
c d
, King-Wa Fu
e
, Shu-Sen Chang
a
Taipei City Psychiatric Center, Taipei City Hospital , Taipei , Taiwan
, Won Jin Lee & David Gunnell
h
b
Institute of Public Health and Department of Public Health , National Yang-Ming University , Taipei , Taiwan c
Hong Kong Jockey Club Center for Suicide Research and Prevention , University of Hong Kong , Hong Kong d
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Department of Social Work and Social Administration , University of Hong Kong , Hong Kong e
Journalism and Media Studies Center, The University of Hong Kong , Hong Kong f
Ju Shan Hospital , Taoyuan , Taiwan
g
Department of Preventive Medicine , College of Medicine, Korea University , Republic of Korea h
School of Social and Community Medicine, University of Bristol , Bristol , UK Accepted author version posted online: 12 Mar 2014.Published online: 08 May 2014.
To cite this article: Ying-Yeh Chen , Paul S. F. Yip , Chee Hon Chan , King-Wa Fu , Shu-Sen Chang , Won Jin Lee & David Gunnell (2014) The Impact of a Celebrity's Suicide on the Introduction and Establishment of a New Method of Suicide in South Korea, Archives of Suicide Research, 18:2, 221-226, DOI: 10.1080/13811118.2013.824840 To link to this article: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13811118.2013.824840
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Archives of Suicide Research, 18:221–226, 2014 Copyright # International Academy for Suicide Research ISSN: 1381-1118 print=1543-6136 online DOI: 10.1080/13811118.2013.824840
The Impact of a Celebrity’s Suicide on the Introduction and Establishment of a New Method of Suicide in South Korea Ying-Yeh Chen, Paul S. F. Yip, Chee Hon Chan, King-Wa Fu, Shu-Sen Chang, Won Jin Lee, and David Gunnell Unlike other East Asian countries, South Korea has until recently experienced relatively few charcoal burning suicides. We investigated trends in charcoal burning suicide immediately following the suicide by charcoal burning of the South Korean celebrity—Ahn Jae-Hwan—in September 2008. In the study, we compared the weekly number charcoal burning suicides 1 year before and after the celebrity’s death. Before Ahn Jae-Hwan’s suicide, charcoal burning accounted for
Archives of Suicide Research Publication details, including instructions for authors and subscription information: http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/usui20
The Impact of a Celebrity's Suicide on the Introduction and Establishment of a New Method of Suicide in South Korea Ying-Yeh Chen
a b
, Paul S. F. Yip c f
c d
, Chee Hon Chan g
c d
, King-Wa Fu
e
, Shu-Sen Chang
a
Taipei City Psychiatric Center, Taipei City Hospital , Taipei , Taiwan
, Won Jin Lee & David Gunnell
h
b
Institute of Public Health and Department of Public Health , National Yang-Ming University , Taipei , Taiwan c
Hong Kong Jockey Club Center for Suicide Research and Prevention , University of Hong Kong , Hong Kong d
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Department of Social Work and Social Administration , University of Hong Kong , Hong Kong e
Journalism and Media Studies Center, The University of Hong Kong , Hong Kong f
Ju Shan Hospital , Taoyuan , Taiwan
g
Department of Preventive Medicine , College of Medicine, Korea University , Republic of Korea h
School of Social and Community Medicine, University of Bristol , Bristol , UK Accepted author version posted online: 12 Mar 2014.Published online: 08 May 2014.
To cite this article: Ying-Yeh Chen , Paul S. F. Yip , Chee Hon Chan , King-Wa Fu , Shu-Sen Chang , Won Jin Lee & David Gunnell (2014) The Impact of a Celebrity's Suicide on the Introduction and Establishment of a New Method of Suicide in South Korea, Archives of Suicide Research, 18:2, 221-226, DOI: 10.1080/13811118.2013.824840 To link to this article: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13811118.2013.824840
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Archives of Suicide Research, 18:221–226, 2014 Copyright # International Academy for Suicide Research ISSN: 1381-1118 print=1543-6136 online DOI: 10.1080/13811118.2013.824840
The Impact of a Celebrity’s Suicide on the Introduction and Establishment of a New Method of Suicide in South Korea Ying-Yeh Chen, Paul S. F. Yip, Chee Hon Chan, King-Wa Fu, Shu-Sen Chang, Won Jin Lee, and David Gunnell Unlike other East Asian countries, South Korea has until recently experienced relatively few charcoal burning suicides. We investigated trends in charcoal burning suicide immediately following the suicide by charcoal burning of the South Korean celebrity—Ahn Jae-Hwan—in September 2008. In the study, we compared the weekly number charcoal burning suicides 1 year before and after the celebrity’s death. Before Ahn Jae-Hwan’s suicide, charcoal burning accounted for
