The Impact of Epidemic, War, Prohibition and Media on Suicide: United States, 1910-1920.

Wasserman, Ira M.

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ERIC Number: EJ448301

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Publication Date: 1992

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The Impact of Epidemic, War, Prohibition and Media on Suicide: United States, 1910-1920.

Wasserman, Ira M.

Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, v22 n2 p240-54 Sum 1992

Estimated impact of exogenous social and political events on suicide behavior in the United States between 1910 and 1920. Concluded that World War I did not influence suicide; Great Influenza Epidemic caused suicide to increase; and continuing decline in alcohol consumption from 1910 to 1920 depressed national suicide rates. (Author/NB)

Descriptors: Diseases, Drinking, Mass Media Role, Suicide, United States History, War, World War I

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Historical Materials; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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