International 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. - Mindshift: a guide to open-minded media coverage of mental health
Guidelines produced by Mind Out for Mental Health, an anti-stigma and discrimination campaign that was run by the Department of Health in the UK.
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.
