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PMID: 22023639 Owner: NLM Status: In-Data-Review |
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Military suicide has increased over the past decade and reports of Service Member and Veteran suicides receive media attention. Some methods of reporting suicide appear to cause a "media contagion" effect, potentially increasing suicide. This effect is explored in relation to media reports of both military and civilian suicides. To reduce possible contagion, recommendations for media reporting of suicides were adapted by the Suicide Prevention Resource Center (SPRC). We assessed 240 military and civilian newspaper reports of suicide from 15 different sources for compliance with the SPRC guidelines. Nearly all reviewed articles violated at least one guideline. Results highlighted military news articles regarding Service Members included more pejorative language and discussion of failed psychological treatment. Conversely, civilian articles romanticized the victim and provided more details regarding the suicide. Further exploration of military suicide reporting bias is discussed as a need in future research. |
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Amanda Edwards-Stewart; Julie T Kinn; Jennifer D June; Nicole R Fullerton |
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Type: Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Archives of suicide research : official journal of the International Academy for Suicide Research Volume: 15 ISSN: 1543-6136 ISO Abbreviation: Arch Suicide Res Publication Date: 2011 Oct |
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Created Date: 2011-10-25 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 9504451 Medline TA: Arch Suicide Res Country: England |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 304-12 Citation Subset: IM |
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a University of Washington Tacoma , Tacoma , Washington , USA. |
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