Stematic Comparison of Recommendations for Safe Messaging about Suicide in Public Communications

Organizations involved in suicide prevention often produce communications for the general public using various media, with several objectives. Some message are produced to inform people about suicide, others to have an impact in preventing suicide, raise awareness of the topic, persuade suicidal individuals to seek help, etc. However, organizations that create messages for public communications are generally aware of research indicates that exposure to suicide content is sometimes associated with suicide clusters and imitation self-destructive behaviours or “contagion” (Cheng et al., 2014; Haw et al., 2013).

Source: Journal of Affective Disorders - September 18, 2018 Category: Neurology Authors: Brian Mishara Tags: Review article Source Type: research