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Werther's syndrome
Associated persons:
Suffering Werther
Description:
A rash of suicidal attempts among young following a highly publicized suicide. The phenomenon is first known to have occurred in 1774, following the publication of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's (1749-1832) novel The Sorrows of Young Werther, in which the hero takes his own life.
Bibliography:
- J. W. von Goethe:
Die Leiden des jungen Werthers. 1774.
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