Because there are relatively few people with a pathological personality in society, many scholars believe that the sensationalist depiction of suicide in the media, books, and films can in fact lead to an increase in the number of suicides, especially among the impressionable young.
正因為社會中潛藏的病態人格者為數不少，因此許多學者相信，媒體、書籍、電影對自殺現象的聳動描述，的確會導致自殺行為增加，其中又以對青少年的衝擊最大。