20 Chapter 20: Best Practices and Recommendations for Reporting on Suicide

Media Plays an Important Role in Preventing Suicide

  • Over 100 studies worldwide have found that risk of contagion is real and responsible reporting can reduce the risk of additional suicides.
  • Covering suicide carefully can change perceptions, dispel myths and inform the public on the complexities of the issue.
  • Media reports can result in help-seeking when they include helpful resources and messages of hope and recovery

Check out more guidelines and resources from Reporting on Suicide.

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