Media guidelines on the reporting of suicide

Crisis

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 82-87

  Pirkis, Jane ^a   Blood, R Warwick ^b   Beautrais, Annette ^c   Burgess, Philip ^d   Skehan, Jaelea ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^e Hunter Institute of Mental Health   (Australia)

Author keywords

Copycat suicide; Guidelines; Imitation; Media; Suicide contagion; Werther effect

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EVALUATION; HUMAN; IMITATION; MASS MEDIUM; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS; SUICIDE;

EVALUATION STUDIES; GUIDELINES; HUMANS; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; MASS MEDIA; SUICIDE;

EID: 33746818013     PISSN: 02275910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/0227-5910.27.2.82     Document Type: Article

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