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Results of a new study from Queen Mary, University of London, warn against glamorizing celebrity suicides in the mediaDr Alex Mesoudi, from Queen Mary's newly established Research Centre for Psychology, has found evidence that the increasing reach and influence of the media, combined with a growing number of people assigned celebrity status, could increase the probability of widespread suicide pandemics. The study is published today in the peer reviewed journal PLoS ONE.Copycat suicides occur...