Cheng Tai-ann says that what most people know about suicidal behavior they get from personal experience and reports in the media. When the media vie with each other to report cases of suicide, it is easy to get the impression that a "wave of suicides" is upon us.
中研院生醫所研究員鄭泰安表示，大多數人對自殺行為的認知，會受到個人經驗和傳播媒體的報導影響，尤其當媒體爭相報導各地的自殺案例時，容易營造出「自殺潮來臨」的印象。