Effects of media stories featuring coping with suicidal crises on psychiatric patients: Randomized controlled trial.
Thomas NiederkrotenthalerJosef S BaumgartnerAlexander KautzkyMatthäus FellingerR JahnAndreas WippelM KochDaniel KönigA HöflichR SlamanigA TopitzJohannes WancataBenedikt TillPublished in: European psychiatry : the journal of the Association of European Psychiatrists (2021)
This study suggests that patients with affective disorders appear to benefit from media materials featuring mastery of suicidal crises. More research is needed to better understand which patient groups are at possible risk of unintended effects.