Media's influence on suicide: Building a safer online world for all
subject: Media; Psychiatry; Social Media; Suicide
description: In 1999, World Health Organization (WHO) initiated a global campaign focused on suicide prevention. In collaboration with International Association for Suicide Prevention, WHO compiled recommendations and resources intended to educate various societal and groups with the potential to impact suicide prevention, and this included the media. In order to combat the alarmingly high incidence of suicides (Tandon and Nathani, 2018), it is imperative to institute guidelines outlining how the social media forums ought to disseminate altruistic, essential educational content while. This work is a step toward achieving the same by laying down guidelines that could potentially reduce the suicide rate. 2023 Elsevier B.V.
creator: Mukku L.; Thomas J.
source: Asian Journal of Psychiatry, Vol-91
publisher: Elsevier B.V.
date: 2024-01-01
rights: Restricted Access
relation: ISSN: 18762018; PubMed ID: 38141541
format: Online
language: English
type: Article
coverage: Mukku L., CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Kengeri Campus, Bangalore, 560065, India; Thomas J., CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Kengeri Campus, Bangalore, 560065, India