Recommendations for reporting on suicide (Spanish, German, and French)

2011

(For resources, this is the publication date. For programs, this is the date posted.)

Guidelines

Information

Guidelines/Recommendations
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP), Annenberg Public Policy Center, Columbia University Department of Psychiatry, National Alliance on Mental Illness, New Hampshire (NAMI NH), Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
Suicide Awareness Voices of Education (SAVE)

Contacts

Dan Reidenberg
Executive Director
Suicide Awareness Voices of Education (SAVE)
8120 Penn Avenue South, Suite 470
Bloomington, MN 55431
Voice: 952-946-7998
Fax: 952-829-0841
Email: dreidenberg@save.org
Website: www.save.org

See This Resource

Recommendations for reporting on suicide (Spanish, German, and French)

This two-page fact sheet, available in Spanish, German, and French, provides research-based recommendations for reporting on suicide. Recommendations for Reporting on Suicide is available for free. It can be downloaded from http://reportingonsuicide.org/.

Program Objectives:

Media that implement the recommendations will:

  1. Reduce the type of language in reporting that may increase suicide risk of contagion.
  2. Reflect in their reporting an understanding of the causes of suicide, its relationship to mental illness, and the effectiveness of treatments.
  3. Avoid reporting myths and misunderstandings about suicide.
  4. Better understand the questions to ask and angles to pursue when reporting about suicide.