Recommendations for Reporting Suicide

Thank you to Dese’Rae L. Stage (@deseraestage) for bringing this resource to my attention:

 Suicide is a public health issue. Media and online coverage of suicide should be informed by using best practices. Some suicide deaths may be newsworthy. However, the way media covers suicide can influence behavior negatively by contributing to contagion or positively by encouraging help-seeking.

Suicide Contagion or “Copycat Suicide” occurs when one or more suicides are reported in a way that contributes to another suicide.

For the full post and additional resources visit www.reportingonsuicide.com