International Media Guidelines

International resources for media professional reporting on mental health issues and suicide.

Mental Health

• The Reporting of Mental Health and Suicide by the Media (NUJ)
  Guidelines produced by the Scottish NUJ.
• Mind your language: Media Guidelines for Mental Health Issues Guidelines produced by SeeMe, Scotland’s anti-stigma campaign.
• Reporting Suicide and Mental Illness- a resource for media professionals
  An Australian resource which offers advice and information for media professionals reporting on suicide and mental health problems.

Suicide

• The Reporting of Mental Health and Suicide by the Media (NUJ) Guide produced by the Scottish NUJ.
• Reporting Suicide and Mental Illness- a resource for media professionals
  An Australian resource which offers advice and information for media professionals reporting on suicide and mental health problems.
• At-a-glance: Safe Reporting on Suicide
  This useful checklist is produced by the Suicide Prevention Resource Centre (SPRC) in the USA.
• The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP)
  The media section of this website contains useful resources including guidelines and examples of positive and negative media coverage of suicide.
• Mediawise – Suicide and the Media
  Mediawise has developed a range of resources including reports, articles, training resources and a leaflet on the media and suicide.
• Suicide and the Media: Recommendations on Suicide Reporting for Media Professionals
  Recommendations produced by the Hong Kong Jockey Club for Suicide Research and Prevention.
• Preventing Suicide: A Resource for Media Professionals (World Health Organization)
  This is a resource for media professionals produced by the World Health Organization (WHO).
• Suicide and the Media: The reporting and portrayal of suicide in the media
  A resource produced by the Ministry of Health, New Zealand.