Communicating about suicide during a global pandemic

Impact on Journalists and Media Audiences

Bibliographic Data

ID5715993
AuthorsAlexandra Wake (0000-0001-6377-6779, RMIT University), Eva Paton (0000-0003-4649-4862, Everymind, Australia; University of Newcastle, Australia, corresponding author), Rebecca Pryor (Everymind, Australia; University of New England, Australia)
Year2021
Volume178
Issue1
Pages47-53
Publication date2021-02-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueMedia International Australia (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1329-878X • E-ISSN: 2200-467X
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/1329878x20956415
OpenAlexW3087621714
LanguageEN
Citations received6
References cited6

COVID-19 has brought with it an increase in predictions of mental ill-health and suicide impacts in Australia. For journalists, it has been a period not only of personal stress about their economic livelihoods and occupational safety, but also balancing providing up to date information about the pandemic with safe, sensitive and accurate reporting on associated suicide and mental health issues. Mindframe offers guidelines, resources and individualised support to help manage the complexities of reporting on suicide in this global pandemic, working with media to protect people in their audience who are vulnerable to suicide while also helping journalists protect their own mental health and well being

Geography · Livelihood · Medical emergency · Mental health · Occupational safety and health · Pandemic · Poison control · Political science · Psychiatry · Public relations · Suicide prevention · COVID-19 and Mental Health · Human Factors and Ergonomics · Law · Long-Term Effects of COVID-19 · Medicine · Psychology · Suicide and Self-Harm Studies

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