Citation

Wilkes J. Nervenheilkd. 1998; 17(9): 413-415.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1998, Georg Thieme Verlag)

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Abstract

The publication of J. W. Goethe's >>The sorrows of young Werther<< was followed by a series of suicides of young people which seemed to be related to the novel - better known as >>Wefther-effect<<. The author suffered from feelings of guilt and revised the book, creating more distance to the tender hero in the story and thereby taking the edge off.

Language: de

Keywords

>>Werther-effect<<; Goethe; guilt; history of medicine; literature; psychoanalysis; publication; review; suicide; Suicide model