Journal article
Association between suicide reporting in the media and suicide: Systematic review and meta-analysis
T Niederkrotenthaler, M Braun, J Pirkis, B Till, S Stack, M Sinyor, US Tran, M Voracek, Q Cheng, F Arendt, S Scherr, PSF Yip, MJ Spittal
BMJ | Published : 2020
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.m575
Abstract
Objective: To examine the association between reporting on suicides, especially deaths of celebrities by suicide, and subsequent suicides in the general population. Design: Systematic review and meta-analysis. Data sources: PubMed/Medline, PsychInfo, Scopus, Web of Science, Embase, and Google Scholar, searched up to September 2019. Review methods: Studies were included if they compared at least one time point before and one time point after media reports on suicide; follow-up was two months or less; the outcome was death by suicide; and the media reports were about non-fictional suicides. Data from studies adopting an interrupted time series design, or single or multiple arm before and after..
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Awarded by Australian Government
Funding Acknowledgements
No specific funding for this study. MB is funded by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF), grant No KLI627-B30. MJS is a recipient of an Australian Research Council Future Fellowship (project No FT180100075) funded by the Australian Government. The funding sources had no role in the design and conduct of the study; collection, management, analysis, and interpretation of the data; preparation, review, or approval of the manuscript; and decision to submit the manuscript for publication.