CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- A season of a series on Netflix is causing backlash among mental health experts and parents.

  • The first season of the series also raised concern as it discussed suicide
  • Season two involves a possible school shooting
  • Some parents think Netflix should remove the series

The first season of Netflix series "13 Reasons Why" was critically acclaimed, but also raised concern regarding it's messaging on suicide. Now, in its second season, mental health experts say they're seeing its negative effects on teens.

"I have had some teens that say they can relate to the main character in the series who committed suicide. One patient said, she's going to commit suicide in the same manner," Dr. Crystal Bullard, child and teen psychiatrist with Atrium Health said.

Dr. Bullard works with children and teens battling mental illness and says though the creators intended to raise awareness for suicide, it may not be in the best way. 

"It seems as though it's a glorified view of suicide where you're getting to see the aftermath and it looks as though the character kind of gets revenge on all of those people who harmed her or who bullied her. But, in reality, it may not be that way," she said.

Some parents and advocacy groups are now pushing for Netflix to remove the series altogether.

"We're so concerned about this content and just how triggering that content may be especially for a kid thats already in sort of a dark place," said Melissa Henson, program director for the Parents Television Council.

Dr. Bullard says media, fictional or not, plays a major role in adolescent's lives.

"Kids and teens are very impressionable as we know, and so they often imitate what they see," Dr. Bullard said.

The second series involves a possible school shooting, with students confronting the potential shooter instead of calling police.

"It really leaves viewers with the message of hopelessness and that nothing is going to get better if you go through the correct paths. And, that you have to take matters into your own hands, which is a very dangerous message for us to be spreading, especially in this era when we have had so many school shottings," Henson said.

Dr. Bullard says recent school shootings and fictional violence can surround teens. So, it's crucial for parents to keep an open dialogue with their kids.

"You have to be really careful with kids and teens and how they consume media. Try to teach them what the reality of it all is, because there can be a misperception of what reality."

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