Journal article
Changes in Suicide Reporting Quality and Deaths in Ontario following Publication of National Media Guidelines
M Sinyor, A Kiss, M Williams, R Zaheer, J Pirkis, MJ Heisel, A Schaffer, DA Redelmeier, AH Cheung, T Niederkrotenthaler
Crisis | HOGREFE PUBLISHING CORP | Published : 2021
Abstract
Background: Media guidelines can influence suicide-related reporting quality and may impact suicide rates. Aim: Our study aimed to investigate the quality of suicide-related reporting after the release of the 2009 Canadian Psychiatric Association (CPA) guidelines and their impact on suicides. Method: A random sample of suicide-related articles (n = 988) were retrieved from 12 major Canadian print/online publications (2002 2015). Articles were coded for quality of content before and after guidelines release. Suicide mortality data were obtained from Ontario coroner records. Time series analyses were used to identify associations between guideline publication and subsequent suicides. Results: ..
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Awarded by American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
Funding Acknowledgements
This study was supported by the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (YIG-0-136-15). The work was also supported in part by Academic Scholars Awards from the Departments of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto and Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre. The sponsor 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.