Changes in Media Reporting Quality and Suicides Following National Media Engagement on Responsible Reporting of Suicide in Canada.
Mark SinyorDaniella EksteinNivetha PrabaharanLisa FiksenbaumCaroline VandermeerAyal SchafferJane PirkisMarnin J HeiselBenjamin I GoldsteinDonald A RedelmeierPaul TaylorThomas NiederkrotenthalerPublished in: Canadian journal of psychiatry. Revue canadienne de psychiatrie (2024)
We found evidence that a strategy to engage media in Canada changed the content of reporting, but there was only a nonsignificant trend towards fewer suicides. A more fundamental change in media narratives to focus on survival rather than death appears warranted.