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How does ''13 Reasons Why'' represent mental health issues and can it be argued that it glorifies suicide? Online Newspaper Articles Netflix's 13 Reasons Why and the trouble with dramatising suicide - https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2017/apr/26/netflix-13-reasons-why-suicide It’s a revenge fantasy, so it portrays suicide as an act that will achieve something. It’s aimed at a young audience, who are particularly susceptible to contagion, and particularly likely to experience suicidal thoughts. It normalises and legitimises the act. It goes into too much and too graphic detail about the suicide itself – which is expressly against Ofcom guidelines because, however horrible it is to watch, this can still be read as a how-to. Indeed, the Samaritans released a statement about the show that didn’t trouble itself overmuch with the details of the programme’s transgressions, perhaps considering them too obvious. Instead, the charity goes straight