Letter to the Editor Re: Romer D. Seasonal suicide trends in adolescents in the United States: Did they explain the apparent effect of the Netflix show 13 Reasons Why? Suicide Life Threat Behav. 2023 Apr;53(2):207-218

Suicide and Life-Threatening BehaviorEarly View LETTER TO THE EDITOR Letter to the Editor Re: Romer D. Seasonal suicide trends in adolescents in the United States: Did they explain the apparent effect of the Netflix show 13 Reasons Why? Suicide Life Threat Behav. 2023 Apr;53(2):207–218 Thomas Niederkrotenthaler MD, PhD, Corresponding Author Thomas Niederkrotenthaler MD, PhD [email protected] orcid.org/0000-0001-9550-628X Unit Suicide Research & Mental Health Promotion, Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, Center for Public Health, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria Wiener Werkstaette for Suicide Research, Vienna, Austria Correspondence Thomas Niederkrotenthaler, Unit Suicide Research & Mental Health Promotion, Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, Center for Public Health, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria. Email: [email protected]Search for more papers by this authorUlrich S. Tran DSc, PD, Ulrich S. Tran DSc, PD orcid.org/0000-0002-6589-3167 Wiener Werkstaette for Suicide Research, Vienna, Austria Department of Cognition, Emotion, and Methods in Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, University of Vienna, Vienna, AustriaSearch for more papers by this authorBenedikt Till DSc, PD, Benedikt Till DSc, PD orcid.org/0000-0002-2099-5469 Unit Suicide Research & Mental Health Promotion, Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, Center for Public Health, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria Wiener Werkstaette for Suicide Research, Vienna, AustriaSearch for more papers by this authorJane Pirkis PhD, Jane Pirkis PhD orcid.org/0000-0002-2538-4472 Centre for Mental Health, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, AustraliaSearch for more papers by this authorMark Sinyor MD, Mark Sinyor MD orcid.org/0000-0002-7756-2584 Department of Psychiatry, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Canada Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, CanadaSearch for more papers by this author Thomas Niederkrotenthaler MD, PhD, Corresponding Author Thomas Niederkrotenthaler MD, PhD [email protected] orcid.org/0000-0001-9550-628X Unit Suicide Research & Mental Health Promotion, Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, Center for Public Health, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria Wiener Werkstaette for Suicide Research, Vienna, Austria Correspondence Thomas Niederkrotenthaler, Unit Suicide Research & Mental Health Promotion, Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, Center for Public Health, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria. Email: [email protected]Search for more papers by this authorUlrich S. Tran DSc, PD, Ulrich S. Tran DSc, PD orcid.org/0000-0002-6589-3167 Wiener Werkstaette for Suicide Research, Vienna, Austria Department of Cognition, Emotion, and Methods in Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, University of Vienna, Vienna, AustriaSearch for more papers by this authorBenedikt Till DSc, PD, Benedikt Till DSc, PD orcid.org/0000-0002-2099-5469 Unit Suicide Research & Mental Health Promotion, Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, Center for Public Health, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria Wiener Werkstaette for Suicide Research, Vienna, AustriaSearch for more papers by this authorJane Pirkis PhD, Jane Pirkis PhD orcid.org/0000-0002-2538-4472 Centre for Mental Health, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, AustraliaSearch for more papers by this authorMark Sinyor MD, Mark Sinyor MD orcid.org/0000-0002-7756-2584 Department of Psychiatry, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Canada Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, CanadaSearch for more papers by this author First published: 01 November 2023 https://doi.org/10.1111/sltb.13014 Thomas Niederkrotenthaler and Ulrich S. 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