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The media and suicide.

Howard S Sudak1, Donna M Sudak

  • 1Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, USA. hsudak@afsp.org

Academic Psychiatry : the Journal of the American Association of Directors of Psychiatric Residency Training and the Association for Academic Psychiatry
|January 3, 2006
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Media reporting on suicide can lead to copy-cat deaths. Following specific media guidelines can help prevent these additional suicides and mitigate harmful contagion effects.

Area of Science:

  • Public Health
  • Media Studies
  • Psychiatry

Background:

  • Media coverage of suicide can influence public behavior.
  • The phenomenon of suicide contagion and copy-cat effects is a recognized public health concern.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To examine the theory that media descriptions of suicide can lead to copy-cat suicides.
  • To review evidence supporting and refuting this theory.
  • To present strategies for preventing media-induced suicides and provide examples of reporting.

Main Methods:

  • Literature review of scientific journals.
  • Analysis of data from U.S. Public Health Service and Centers for Disease Control.
  • Inclusion of materials from private, not-for-profit agencies.

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Main Results:

  • Evidence indicates that romanticized or dramatized media reports of suicide correlate with an increase in subsequent suicides.
  • Development of specific media guidelines aimed at reducing these copy-cat suicides.

Conclusions:

  • Media professionals and psychiatrists must understand the potential harm of irresponsible suicide reporting.
  • Adherence to established media guidelines can effectively prevent suicide contagion and copy-cat effects.