Content analysis of reports of student suicide deaths in South African print medium newspapers
This study conducted a content analysis of print medium newspaper articles in the 13 most widely read English language South African newspapers from the period of January 2017 to January 2020.
The initial search yielded a total of 28 news reports, of which 19 met this study’s inclusion criteria and were analysed using content analysis. The quality of reporting showed both potentially harmful and helpful characteristics. Poor adherence to international reporting guidelines were found in the description of method and location of suicide, sensational headlines, publishing photos of the deceased, linking suicide to crim...
Source: Journal of Public Mental Health - March 4, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Lieketseng Yvonne Ned
Willie Tafadzwa Chinyamurindi
Jason Bantjes Source Type: research
Guest editorial
Sarah Waters, Julian Ashton
Journal of Public Mental Health, Vol. 21, No. 1, pp.1-3 (Source: Journal of Public Mental Health)
Source: Journal of Public Mental Health - February 8, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Sarah Waters
Julian Ashton Source Type: research
What do we know about the mental health of porn performers? A systematic literature review
Hannes Jarke
Journal of Public Mental Health, Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print, pp.-
Much has been debated about the impact pornography has on the health of those who consume it. But how is it affecting the people starring in it? Performing in porn is a unique profession which requires a person to have sex with other–often unfamiliar–people in front of a camera for a living comes with various kinds of stigma, and is accompanied by several health risks for professionals and amateurs. This brief report aims to compile available evidence on the mental health of performers in porn.
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Source: Journal of Public Mental Health - January 26, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Hannes Jarke Source Type: research
James ’ Place model: application of a novel clinical, community-based intervention for the prevention of suicide among men
James’ Place model: application of a novel clinical, community-based intervention for the prevention of suicide among men
Claire Anne Hanlon, Jennifer Chopra, Jane Boland, David McIlroy, Helen Poole, Pooja Saini
Journal of Public Mental Health, Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print, pp.-
High suicide rates among men presents a global challenge for commissioners and clinicians. Innovative approaches towards suicide prevention interventions designed for men are needed. The James’ Place (JP) service opened in 2018, and its model of practice is a clinical, community-based intervention for men ...
Source: Journal of Public Mental Health - January 19, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Claire Anne Hanlon
Jennifer Chopra
Jane Boland
David McIlroy
Helen Poole
Pooja Saini Source Type: research
Burden and benefits-related suicides: “misperception” or state crafted reality?
This article aims to focus on deaths by suicide in relation to UK welfare reform as a case study to question one of suicidology’s most dominant theories – the Interpersonal Theory of Suicide (Joiner, 2005) and its influential ideas on “perceived burdensomeness” – as well as wider ideologies on suicide and mental health reflected in this approach.
This article draws on evidence from disabled people’s campaigning groups (primary sources) and research literature (secondary sources), which shows the negative psychological impact of burden discourse and how this shows up in people’s accounts of feeling suicid...
Source: Journal of Public Mental Health - January 17, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: China Mills Source Type: research
Self-inflicted. Deliberate. Death-intentioned. A critical policy analysis of UK suicide prevention policies 2009-2019
Hazel Marzetti, Alexander Oaten, Amy Chandler, Ana Jordan
Journal of Public Mental Health, Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print, pp.-
With encouragement from the World Health Organisation, national suicide prevention policies have come to be regarded as an essential component of the global effort to reduce suicide. However, despite their global significance, the construction, conceptualisation and proposed provisions offered in suicide prevention policies have, to date, been under researched; this study aims to address this gap.
we critically analysed eight contemporary UK suicide preve...
Source: Journal of Public Mental Health - January 16, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Hazel Marzetti
Alexander Oaten
Amy Chandler
Ana Jordan Source Type: research
Suicide as a medical education curricular topic: a documentary analysis of Brazilian federal medical schools
Thiago Aguiar Jesuino, Mariana Camelier-Mascarenhas, Thaiane Santos Ferreira, Júlia Barreto de Farias, Leticia de Oliveira Lima, Ivete Maria Santos Oliveira
Journal of Public Mental Health, Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print, pp.-
Physicians worldwide need to be able to identify and assess suicide risk or behavior in their consults. The proper training of medical staff is an important form of suicide prevention, especially because 80% of the patients who died by suicide were in contact with a health-care service in the year of their death. The purpose of this study is to verify if some of...
Source: Journal of Public Mental Health - January 12, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Thiago Aguiar Jesuino
Mariana Camelier-Mascarenhas
Thaiane Santos Ferreira
J úlia Barreto de Farias
Leticia de Oliveira Lima
Ivete Maria Santos Oliveira Source Type: research
Dying at work. Work-related suicide – how does the UK regulatory context measure up?
This study draws on qualitative sociological methods and is based on an in-depth analysis of 12 suicide cases occurring between 2015 and 2020. In each case, work-related causal factors had been previously identified by at least one official source (police enquiry, coroner or employer’s investigation). This study analysed multiple sources of documentation and undertook interviews with individuals close to each suicide case. The aim of this study was to consider the organisational response of three stakeholder organisations to the suicides: the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), the coroner and the employer.
The study...
Source: Journal of Public Mental Health - January 11, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Sarah Waters
Hilda Palmer Source Type: research
Correlates of disclosure of non-suicidal self-injury amongst Australian university students
This study aims to identify the socio-demographic, NSSI-related, socio-cognitive and socio-emotional correlates of NSSI disclosure. Given elevated rates of NSSI amongst university students, this study aimed to investigate these factors amongst this population.
Australian university students (n = 573) completed online surveys; 80.2% had previously disclosed self-injury.
NSSI disclosure was associated with having a mental illness diagnosis, intrapersonal NSSI functions, specifically marking distress and anti-dissociation, having physical scars from NSSI, greater perceived impact of NSSI, less expectation that NSSI ...
Source: Journal of Public Mental Health - January 11, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Sylvanna Mirichlis
Penelope Hasking
Stephen P. Lewis
Mark E. Boyes Source Type: research
“You cannot pour from an empty cup!”: child well-being service providers’ and policymakers’ professional supervision, coping and well-being during COVID-19
Dimitar Karadzhov, Jennifer C. Davidson, Graham Wilson
Journal of Public Mental Health, Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print, pp.-
This paper aims to present findings from 440 responses regarding the experiences of supervision, coping and well-being of 83 service providers and policymakers from eight countries working to support children’s well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic.
A smartphone survey hosted on a custom-built app was used. The data were analysed using qualitative content analysis. The data were gathered in the last quarter of 2020.
While most respondents described ...
Source: Journal of Public Mental Health - January 4, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Dimitar Karadzhov
Jennifer C. Davidson
Graham Wilson Source Type: research
Self-harm and suicidal content online, harmful or helpful? A systematic review of the recent evidence
This study aims to explore what it is about such online content, and how people interact with it, that may confer harm or offer benefit.
The authors undertook a systematic review of the published evidence, using customised searches up to February 2021 in seven databases. The authors included empirical research on the internet or online use and self-harm or suicide content that had been indexed since 2015. The authors undertook a theoretically driven narrative synthesis.
From 4,493 unique records, 87 met our inclusion criteria. The literature is rapidly expanding and not all the evidence is high quality, with very...
Source: Journal of Public Mental Health - January 4, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Cathy Brennan
Sonia Saraiva
Elizabeth Mitchell
Richard Melia
Lydia Campbell
Natalie King
Allan House Source Type: research
Rapid response pathway united to reduce self-harm (RUSH): a case study of a pilot pathway for children and young people
This study will be valuable for services looking to develop and implement a similar service provision, in response to the need to tackle self-harm rates as a broader approach to suicide prevention. In light of the NHS long-term plan (2019), it also serves as an example of how to develop and use a strategic co-production group, and work collaboratively with the voluntary, community and social enterprise sectors. (Source: Journal of Public Mental Health)
Source: Journal of Public Mental Health - January 4, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Molly Cross
Tim Clarke Source Type: research
Structural indicators of suicide: an exploration of state-level risk factors among Black and White people in the United States, 2015 –2019
Structural indicators of suicide: an exploration of state-level risk factors among Black and White people in the United States, 2015–2019
Ryan A. Robertson, Corbin J. Standley, John F. Gunn III, Ijeoma Opara
Journal of Public Mental Health, Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print, pp.-
Death by suicide among Black people in the USA have increased by 35.6% within the past decade. Among youth under the age of 24 years old, death by suicide among Black youth have risen substantially. Researchers have found that structural inequities (e.g. educational attainment) and state-specific variables (e....
Source: Journal of Public Mental Health - January 4, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Ryan A. Robertson
Corbin J. Standley
John F. Gunn III
Ijeoma Opara Source Type: research
Editorial
Neil Quinn
Journal of Public Mental Health, Vol. 20, No. 4, pp.241-242 (Source: Journal of Public Mental Health)
Source: Journal of Public Mental Health - November 24, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Neil Quinn Source Type: research
The impact of mental health information overload on community education programs to enhance mental health-care seeking
This study adds to the emerging literature on the impact of health information overload and is the first to the best of the authors’ knowledge to measure mental health information overload. Program developers should consider information overload in the ongoing development of public mental health education programs. (Source: Journal of Public Mental Health)
Source: Journal of Public Mental Health - November 18, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Andrea B. Bink
Patrick Corrigan Source Type: research
