Recommendations for reporting on suicide

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (U.S.)‏ ; American Association of Suicidology. ; American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. ; Annenberg Public Policy Center. ; Associated Press Managing Editors Association‏. ; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.) ; Columbia University. Department of Psychiatry. ; ConnectSafely.org ; Emotion Technology. ; International Association for Suicide Prevention Task Force on Media and Suicide. ; Medizinische Universität Wien‏ ; National Alliance on Mental Illness. ; National Institute of Mental Health (U.S.) ; New York State Psychiatric Institute. ; Suicide Awareness Voices of Education. ; Suicide Prevention Resource Center. ; United States. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. ; University of California, Los Angeles. Department of Community Health Sciences. ; University of Otago. Canterbury Suicide Project.
• Description:
  Suicide is a public health issue. Media and online coverage of suicide should be informed by using best practices. Some suicide deaths may be newsworthy. However, the way media cover suicide can influence behavior negatively by contributing to contagion or positively by encouraging help-seeking.
  
  Developed in collaboration with: American Association of Suicidology, American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, Annenberg Public Policy Center, Associated Press Managing Editors, Canterbury Suicide Project - University of Otago, Christchurch, New Zealand, Columbia University Department of Psychiatry, ConnectSafely.org, Emotion Technology, International Association for Suicide Prevention Task Force on Media and Suicide, Medical University of Vienna, National Alliance on Mental Illness, National Institute of Mental Health, National Press Photographers Association, New York State Psychiatric Institute, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Suicide Awareness Voices of Education, Suicide Prevention Resource Center, The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and UCLA School of Public Health, Community Health Sciences.
  
  
• Content Notes:
  G Cattledge
  
  1/23/2014
  
  
• Subjects:
  Journalism/standards Mass Media/standards Suicide Suicide/prevention & Control
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Practice Guideline
• Pages in Document:
  2 unnumbered pages
• Collection(s):
  Guidelines and Recommendations
• Main Document Checksum:
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/22163/cdc_22163_DS1.pdf
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