Emergency department visits for self-harm in adolescents after release of the Netflix series '13 Reasons Why'.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To determine whether the release of the first season of the Netflix series '13 Reasons Why' was associated with changes in emergency department presentations for self-harm.

Methods

Healthcare utilization databases were used to identify emergency department and outpatient presentations according to age and sex for residents of Ontario, Canada. Data from 2007 to 2018 were used in autoregressive integrated moving average models for time series forecasting with a pre-specified hypothesis that rates of emergency department presentations for self-harm would increase in the 3-month period following the release of 13 Reasons Why (1 April 2017 to 30 June 2017). Chi-square and t tests were used to identify demographic and health service use differences between those p

SUBMITTER: Sinyor M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9597162 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature