Media Guidelines for Reporting on Suicide: 2017 Update of the Canadian Psychiatric Association Policy Paper

doi:10.1177/0706743717753147

. 2018 Mar;63(3):182-196.

doi: 10.1177/0706743717753147.

Media Guidelines for Reporting on Suicide: 2017 Update of the Canadian Psychiatric Association Policy Paper

Mark Sinyor¹, Ayal Schaffer², Marnin J Heisel³, André Picard⁴, Gavin Adamson⁵, Christian P Cheung⁶, Laurence Y Katz⁷, Rakesh Jetly⁸, Jitender Sareen⁹

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¹ 1 Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario; Psychiatrist, Department of Psychiatry, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario.
² 2 Interim Psychiatrist-in-Chief and Head, Mood and Anxiety Disorders Program, Department of Psychiatry, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario; Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario; Vice-President, Education, International Society for Bipolar Disorders.
³ 3 Associate Professor and Research Director (Psychiatry), Departments of Psychiatry and of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University, London, Ontario; Scientist, Lawson Health Research Institute, London, Ontario; Adjunct Faculty, University of Rochester Center for the Study and Prevention of Suicide, Rochester, New York.
⁴ 4 Health Columnist, The Globe and Mail, Toronto, Ontario.
⁵ 5 Associate Professor, School of Journalism, Ryerson University, Toronto, Ontario.
⁶ 6 Research Student, Department of Psychiatry, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario.
⁷ 7 Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Max Rady College of Medicine, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba.
⁸ 8 Head, Centre of Excellence, Directorate of Mental Health, Canadian Armed Forces Health Services, Ottawa, Ontario; Chair, Military Mental Health, Royal Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, Ontario; Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
⁹ 9 Professor and Head, Department of Psychiatry, Max Rady College of Medicine, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba.

PMID: 29513631
PMCID: PMC5846968
DOI: 10.1177/0706743717753147

Media Guidelines for Reporting on Suicide: 2017 Update of the Canadian Psychiatric Association Policy Paper

Mark Sinyor et al. Can J Psychiatry. 2018 Mar.

. 2018 Mar;63(3):182-196.

doi: 10.1177/0706743717753147.

Authors

Mark Sinyor¹, Ayal Schaffer², Marnin J Heisel³, André Picard⁴, Gavin Adamson⁵, Christian P Cheung⁶, Laurence Y Katz⁷, Rakesh Jetly⁸, Jitender Sareen⁹

Affiliations

¹ 1 Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario; Psychiatrist, Department of Psychiatry, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario.
² 2 Interim Psychiatrist-in-Chief and Head, Mood and Anxiety Disorders Program, Department of Psychiatry, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario; Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario; Vice-President, Education, International Society for Bipolar Disorders.
³ 3 Associate Professor and Research Director (Psychiatry), Departments of Psychiatry and of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University, London, Ontario; Scientist, Lawson Health Research Institute, London, Ontario; Adjunct Faculty, University of Rochester Center for the Study and Prevention of Suicide, Rochester, New York.
⁴ 4 Health Columnist, The Globe and Mail, Toronto, Ontario.
⁵ 5 Associate Professor, School of Journalism, Ryerson University, Toronto, Ontario.
⁶ 6 Research Student, Department of Psychiatry, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario.
⁷ 7 Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Max Rady College of Medicine, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba.
⁸ 8 Head, Centre of Excellence, Directorate of Mental Health, Canadian Armed Forces Health Services, Ottawa, Ontario; Chair, Military Mental Health, Royal Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, Ontario; Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
⁹ 9 Professor and Head, Department of Psychiatry, Max Rady College of Medicine, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba.

PMID: 29513631
PMCID: PMC5846968
DOI: 10.1177/0706743717753147

Abstract

This paper has been substantially revised by the Canadian Psychiatric Association's Research Committee and approved for republication by the CPA's Board of Directors on May 3, 2017. The original policy paper¹ was developed by the Scientific and Research Affairs Standing Committee and approved by the Board of Directors on November 10, 2008.

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[1] Nepon J, Fotti S, Katz LY, et al. Canadian Psychiatric Association Policy Paper: Media guidelines for reporting suicide. Can J Psychiatry. 2009;5(Suppl):1–5. - PMC - PubMed

[2] Nepon J, Fotti S, Katz LY, et al. Canadian Psychiatric Association Policy Paper: Media guidelines for reporting suicide. Can J Psychiatry. 2009;5(Suppl):1–5. - PMC - PubMed

[3] Gould MS. Suicide and the media. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2001;932:200–21. - PubMed

[4] Gould MS. Suicide and the media. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2001;932:200–21. - PubMed

[5] Hawton K, Williams K. Influences of the media on suicide. BMJ. 2002;325(7377):1374–5. - PMC - PubMed

[6] Hawton K, Williams K. Influences of the media on suicide. BMJ. 2002;325(7377):1374–5. - PMC - PubMed

[7] Niederkrotenthaler T, Fu KW, Yip PS, et al. Changes in suicide rates following media reports on celebrity suicide: A meta-analysis. J Epidemiol Community Health. 2012;66(11):1037–42. - PubMed

[8] Niederkrotenthaler T, Fu KW, Yip PS, et al. Changes in suicide rates following media reports on celebrity suicide: A meta-analysis. J Epidemiol Community Health. 2012;66(11):1037–42. - PubMed

[9] Niederkrotenthaler T, Voracek M, Herberth A, et al. Role of media reports in completed and prevented suicide: Werther v. Papageno effects. Br J Psychiatry. 2010;197(3):234–43. - PubMed

[10] Niederkrotenthaler T, Voracek M, Herberth A, et al. Role of media reports in completed and prevented suicide: Werther v. Papageno effects. Br J Psychiatry. 2010;197(3):234–43. - PubMed

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