Suicide rates affected by following “goth cult”

In the words of lead researcher Robert Young, "Although only fairly small numbers of young people identify as belonging to the goth subculture, rates of self-harm and attempted suicide are very high among this group. Self-harm" was defined as deliberately cutting, burning, hitting or poisoning oneself."

According to Dr. Michael van Beinum, a child and adolescent psychiatrist and adviser to the study," Mental health problems are common in young people, and there is evidence that they are on the increase. For some young people with mental health problems, a goth subculture may be attractive, as it may allow them to find a community within which it may be easier for their distress to be understood,"

Therefore if children and teens exhibit characters as being influenced by Goths special attention has to be taken of them.