Assessing the Impact of Media Guidelines for Reporting on Suicides in Austria: Interrupted time Series Analysis

Niederkrotenthaler, Thomas; Sonneck, Gernot

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“…There is some evidence to support this perspective, as recent research papers identify an increase in suicide rates after damaging media reports (Chen et al, 2010;Chen, Chen, & Yip, 2011;Fu, Chan, & Yip, 2011;Gould, 2001;Hagihara, Tarumi, & Abe, 2007;Niederkrotenthaler & Sonneck, 2007;Pirkis & Blood, 2001aStack, 2005;Sudak & Sudak, 2005;Tsai & Cho, 2011). This relationship appears to be stronger for factual media reports Cheng, Hawton, Lee et al, 2007;Niederkrotenthaler et al, 2009;Pirkis & Blood, 2001a;Yip et al, 2006) than for fictional reports of suicide (e.g.…”

Section: Media Reporting Of Suicide (N = 19)mentioning

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Social-Environmental Factors and Suicide Mortality: A Narrative Review of over 200 Articles

Milner¹,

Hjelmeland²,

Arensman³

et al. 2013

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Suicide mortality in a population has long been thought to be sensitive to social, economic and cultural contexts. This review examined research on the relationship between social-environmental variables and suicide mortality published over a ten-year period. The main areas covered in the review included: the economy and income, unemployment, relationship status, fertility and birth rates, female participation in the workforce, religion, migration, location of residence, modernisation, media reporting, alcohol, and access to suicide methods. Results of the review indicated that rates of suicide mortality (deaths per 100,000 in a population) were sensitive to a wide range of social factors. There were relatively stable associations noted between divorce and unemployment with suicide mortality, while many of the reported associations between suicide mortality and other social variables (such as religion, fertility and female participation in the workforce) were influenced by contextual factors and time. These findings indicate the importance of considering the relationship between social factors and suicide as dynamic phenomena.

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Section: Media Reporting Of Suicide (N = 19)mentioning

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Social-Environmental Factors and Suicide Mortality: A Narrative Review of over 200 Articles

Milner¹,

Hjelmeland²,

Arensman³

et al. 2013

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“…Suicidal behavior and media reporting decreased immediately afterwards and have remained at a low level up until today. 15 Based on the extensive promotion of subway stations as suicide sites from 1983 to 1987 in the media, there may be a sort of "public memory" of subway stations that were once promoted as suicide sites, and suicidal individuals who plan a subway suicide may tend to select the few stations that "are publicly known" for suicide based on former media reporting. Both short-term copycat behaviors occurring in specific, often high-profile locations shortly after media reporting about suicidal behavior and long-term effects of media reporting on the force of attraction of suicide sites have been discussed in the literature.…”

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“…This finding indicates that there was no "public memory" of specific stations reported as suicide spots in the media which persisted after the stop of media reporting. 3,11,15 …”

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Predictors of Suicide and Suicide Attempt in Subway Stations: A Population-based Ecological Study

Niederkrotenthaler

Sonneck²,

Dervic

et al. 2012

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Suicidal behavior on the subway often involves young people and has a considerable impact on public life, but little is known about factors associated with suicides and suicide attempts in specific subway stations. Between 1979 and 2009, 185 suicides and 107 suicide attempts occurred on the subway in Vienna, Austria. Station-specific suicide and suicide attempt rates (defined as the frequency of suicidal incidents per time period) were modeled as the outcome variables in bivariate and multivariate Poisson regression models. Structural station characteristics (presence of a surveillance unit, train types used, and construction on street level versus other construction), contextual station characteristics (neighborhood to historical sites, size of the catchment area, and in operation during time period of extensive media reporting on subway suicides), and passenger-based characteristics (number of passengers getting on the trains per day, use as meeting point by drug users, and socioeconomic status of the population in the catchment area) were used as the explanatory variables. In the multivariate analyses, subway suicides increased when stations were served by the faster train type. Subway suicide attempts increased with the daily number of passengers getting on the trains and with the stations' use as meeting points by drug users. The findings indicate that there are some differences between subway suicides and suicide attempts. Completed suicides seem to vary most with train type used. Suicide attempts seem to depend mostly on passenger-based characteristics, specifically on the station's crowdedness and on its use as meeting point by drug users. Suicide-preventive interventions should concentrate on crowded stations and on stations frequented by risk groups.

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“…Omtale av selvmord i media kan også vaere selvmordsforebyggende ved å forholde seg til de retningslinjer Verdens helseorganisasjon har utarbeidet (World Health Organization, 2008) og de nasjonale retningslinjene for omtale av selvmord som er tilstede i en rekke land (Niederkrotenthaler et al, 2007). Slik som de fleste nasjonale retningslinjer (Maloney et al, 2014), anbefaler den norske veileder for omtale av selvmord (Nybø, 2005) å formidle informasjon om viktige risiko-og årsaksfaktorer for selvmord som samfunnet bør vaere oppmerksom på og å formidle håp og informasjon om hvor en kan få hjelp ved selvmordsfare (Maloney et al, 2014).…”

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“…Innholdsanalyser av medienes selvmordsomtaler gir en indikasjon på om mediene følger de anbefalingene som finnes for omtale av selvmord i media (Chandra et al, 2014; Maloney et al, 2014;Niederkrotenthaler et al, 2007 …”

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Norske mediers omtale av selvmord i 2014 - er den samfunnsnyttig?

Desroches¹

2016

Suicid.

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Norske mediers omtale av selvmord i 2014 -er den samfunnsnyttig? Av Marie-Thérèse Desroches 44 suicidologi nr 2/2016Hvert år dør om lag 530 mennesker i Norge av selvmord (Folkehelseinstituttet, 2015), over tre ganger så mange som det dør i trafikkulykker (Statens vegvesen, 2016). Helsetjenesten behandler årlig om lag 4000-6000 selvmordsforsøk (Folkehelseinstituttet, 2015). Å omtale selvmord i media er av betydning for å rette søkelyset på det alvorlige samfunnsproblemet som selvmord er (Nybø, 2005).Omtale av selvmord i media kan også vaere selvmordsforebyggende ved å forholde seg til de retningslinjer Verdens helseorganisasjon har utarbeidet (World Health Organization, 2008) og de nasjonale retningslinjene for omtale av selvmord som er tilstede i en rekke land (Niederkrotenthaler et al., 2007). Slik som de fleste nasjonale retningslinjer (Maloney et al., 2014), anbefaler den norske veileder for omtale av selvmord (Nybø, 2005) å formidle informasjon om viktige risiko-og årsaksfaktorer for selvmord som samfunnet bør vaere oppmerksom på og å formidle håp og informasjon om hvor en kan få hjelp ved selvmordsfare (Maloney et al., 2014). Disse anbefalingene har imidlertid per i dag lite grunnlag i empiriske studier (Niederkrotenthaler et al., 2010). Resultatene fra en innholdsanalyse av Niederkrotenthaler og hans team (2010) tilsier imidlertid at visse typer medieinnhold har sammenheng med et redusert antall selvmord i etterkant av medieomtalen. Medieomtale av mennesker som hadde gått gjennom en vanskelig periode i livet, men som hadde funnet alternative mestringsstrategier for selvmordstanker skal ha hatt en sammenheng med et redusert antall selvmord i de områdene medieomtalene forekom.Å forske på omtale av selvmord i media er av betydning ettersom media er tilgjengelig for en så stor del av Norges befolkning. En omtale av selvmord i tråd med de retningslinjer og anbefalinger som finnes for omtale av selvmord har mulighet til å nå ut til mennesker i samfunnet som er i selvmordsfare. Det selvmordsforebyggende potensialet er stort.I Norge har selvmord vaert et omtalt tema i mediene de siste ti årene. Før dette reflekterte fravaeret av omtale av selvmord i media i lang tid det sterkt tabubelagte temaet selvmord var i samfunnet. ABSTRACT Suicide-related media reporting in Norway in 2014 -is it socially beneficial? Background: Suicide-related media content that is socially beneficial holds in accordance to the Norwegian media guidelines on suicide reporting information about ways to seek help, risk factors and offers hope. Media reporting, which in accordance to the Code of Ethics of the Norwegian Press avoids information about suicide method is socially beneficial. Purpose: To study whether suicide-related media content from 2014 is in accordance to the Norwegian Code of Ethics and media guidelines on suicide reporting. Method: A quantitative content analysis was conducted of 542 articles from a selection of Norwegian newspapers from 2014 that mention suicide. Results: Suicide-related reporting in 2014 rarely described ...

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Assessing the Impact of Media Guidelines for Reporting on Suicides in Austria: Interrupted time Series Analysis

Cited by 186 publications

References 33 publications

Social-Environmental Factors and Suicide Mortality: A Narrative Review of over 200 Articles

Social-Environmental Factors and Suicide Mortality: A Narrative Review of over 200 Articles

Predictors of Suicide and Suicide Attempt in Subway Stations: A Population-based Ecological Study

Norske mediers omtale av selvmord i 2014 - er den samfunnsnyttig?

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