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1Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Research Center for Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Hafez Hospital, Shiraz, Iran. ghanizad@sina.tums.ac.ir.
Introduction:
Suicidal behavior in media may promote others towards suicide. No published study was found about suicidal attempt in children less than 10 years old after watching a homicidal behavior.
Case Presentation:
This is a report of a 7 year old boy referred because he hanged himself after watching homicidal behavior of hanging in a fictional movie.
Discussion:
To the author's knowledge, there was no published report of copycat suicidal attempt in a 7 year old child after watching a homicidal behavior in media. This report warns about an imitative effect of movie watching of homicidal behavior on suicidal attempt.
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