Psychiatric News (11/5) reports, “Regional and national newspapers in the United States are falling short of meeting guidelines for reporting on suicide deaths,” researchers concluded after analyzing “coverage following the deaths of Kate Spade and Anthony Bourdain in June 2018 in print newspapers with a minimum circulation of 200,000.” The study revealed that “the publications adhered to only about half of the national recommendations for reporting on suicide, such as avoiding details of lethal means or use of a sensational headline.” The findings were published online Nov. 1 in a research letter in JAMA Network Open.
Related Links:
— “Newspapers Can Do More to Change Public Perception of Suicide, Report Suggests, Psychiatric News, November 5, 2019