<P> The Australian youth mental health service for 12--25 year - olds, Headspace, issued a warning in late April 2017 over the graphic content featured in the series due to the increased number of calls to the service following the show's release in the country . </P> <P> In response to the graphic nature of the show and New Zealand's high youth suicide rate, which was the highest among the 34 OECD countries during 2009 to 2012, the Office of Film & Literature Classification in the country created a new rating, "RP18", allowing individuals aged 18 and over to watch the series alone and those below having to watch it with supervision from a parent or guardian . </P> <P> In response to the controversy, Gomez, one of the executive producers on 13 Reasons Why, defended the series . She stated: "We stayed very true to the book and that's initially what (author) Jay Asher created was a beautifully tragic, complicated yet suspenseful story and I think that's what we wanted to do," Gomez told Associated Press . "We wanted to do it justice and, yeah, (the backlash is) gonna come no matter what . It's not an easy subject to talk about, but I'm very fortunate with how it's doing ." </P> <P> In April 2017, National Association of School Psychologists (NASP) released a statement regarding the series, saying: "Research shows that exposure to another person's suicide, or to graphic or sensationalized accounts of death, can be one of the many risk factors that youth struggling with mental health conditions cite as a reason they contemplate or attempt suicide ." The NASP sent a letter to school mental health professionals across the country about the series, reportedly a first for the NASP in response to a television show . </P>

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