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Media and Suicidal Behaviour: Guidelines and other information
- International
Association for Suicide Prevention links to Media Guidelines
IASP Task Force on Suicide and the Media. PDF of IASP Media Guidelines and links to many other resources.
- Fact
or Fiction? Reporting Mental Illness and Suicide
Response Ability Resources for Journalism Education - PDF file from Hunter Institute of Mental Health, University of Newcastle, Australia
- Meanings,
Messages + Myths The coverage and treatment of suicide in the Irish print
media
PDF of report from the Irish National Office for Suicide Prevention
- Media
Guidelines for the portrayal of suicide
produced by the Irish Association of Suicidology and Samaritans, downloadable as PDF
- Media
Guidelines for reporting suicide and self-harm
Samaritans 2008 with links to PDF version
- The
Media Monitoring Project: A baseline description of how the Australian
media report and portray suicide and mental health and illness
PDF of report from Australian National Mental Health Strategy
- Preventing
suicide: a resource pack for media professionals
WHO publication (PDF file)
- Reporting
on Suicide: Recommendations for the Media
US guidelines with examples of good and bad reporting
- Reporting
suicide and mental illness: a resource for media professionals
Australian online resource, including PDF of the publication
- Standards
relating to suicide
Australian Press Council standards for reporting suicide, updated 2011
- Suicide
and the Media
Various resources for journalists from the MediaWise Trust
- Suicide
and the Media. The reporting and portrayal in the media. A resource
Link to PDF file from New Zealand Youth Suicide Prevention Strategy
- The reporting of mental health
and suicide by the media. A practical guide for journalists
PDF of guide produced by NUJ Scotland
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