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cluster

 [klus´ter]
a group of similar objects, events, or other elements in close proximity.
suicide cluster a group of suicides in which one seems to set off others.
Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health, Seventh Edition. © 2003 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved.
A chain of completed suicides, usually among adolescents, in a discrete period of time and area, which have a ‘contagious’ element
Segen's Medical Dictionary. © 2012 Farlex, Inc. All rights reserved.

homicide/suicide cluster

Forensic psychiatry One or more homicides with the subsequent suicide of the perpetrator who typically is a ♂ married to, or living with, a ♀ in a relationship marked by physical abuse, who has a Hx of alcohol or substance abuse, and access to firearms. See Homicide, Suicide. Cf Postal worker syndrome.
McGraw-Hill Concise Dictionary of Modern Medicine. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

suicide cluster

An epidemic of suicides, within a defined location or a short time.
See also: cluster
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And these suicide clusters occur almost exclusively among teens and young adults.
California suicide clusters prompt CDC investigation
Gould was the lead investigator in a national study that examined the role of newspaper coverage of suicide as a contributor to suicide clusters among 13- to 20-year-olds.
News coverage tied to suicide clusters among youth
Editorial Note: Although suicide clusters have been studied previously (1,2), understanding of the epidemiology of suicide clusters and attempts, and potential risk factors, is limited.
Adolescent suicide and suicide attempts - Santa Fe County, New Mexico, January 1985-May 1990
CDC recommendations for a community plan for the prevention and containment of suicide clusters. MMWR 1988;37(Suppl 6).
Suicide and suicidal ideation among Bhutanese refugees--United States, 2009-2012
'CDC Recommendations for a Community Plan for the Prevention and Containment of Suicide Clusters.' Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report 37:1-12.
Constructing a social problem: suicide, acculturation, and the Hmong
'Mainstreaming' also potentially neglects unique aspects of Aboriginal suicidal behaviour that need to be addressed, including the lower age of Indigenous suicides, the frequency of suicide clusters, the association with complex patterns of community grief, the overwhelming predominance of alcohol, and the use of hanging (Tatz 1999).
Addressing indigenous suicide: a special case? A response to Colin Tatz
The result is "copy cat" suicides or "suicide clusters." The modern combination of suicide promotion and the ease of access afforded by the Internet has brought the insidious notion of "rational suicide" to many who are easily caught in its simplistic view of life and death.
Online Suicide Propaganda Blamed in More Deaths
Lynch, a US psychologist, believes anorexia "epidemics" operate in the same manner as suicide clusters, where one example of extreme behaviour spurs others to mimic it.
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