Media Guidelines for Reporting on Suicide: 2017 Update of the Canadian Psychiatric Association Policy Paper

Mark Sinyor; Ayal Schaffer; Marnin J Heisel; André Picard; Gavin Adamson; Christian P Cheung; Laurence Y Katz; Rakesh Jetly; Jitender Sareen

doi:10.1177/0706743717753147

Media Guidelines for Reporting on Suicide: 2017 Update of the Canadian Psychiatric Association Policy Paper

Can J Psychiatry. 2018 Mar;63(3):182-196. doi: 10.1177/0706743717753147.

Authors

Mark Sinyor¹, Ayal Schaffer², Marnin J Heisel³, André Picard⁴, Gavin Adamson⁵, Christian P Cheung⁶, Laurence Y Katz⁷, Rakesh Jetly⁸, Jitender Sareen⁹

Affiliations

¹ 1 Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario; Psychiatrist, Department of Psychiatry, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario.
² 2 Interim Psychiatrist-in-Chief and Head, Mood and Anxiety Disorders Program, Department of Psychiatry, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario; Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario; Vice-President, Education, International Society for Bipolar Disorders.
³ 3 Associate Professor and Research Director (Psychiatry), Departments of Psychiatry and of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University, London, Ontario; Scientist, Lawson Health Research Institute, London, Ontario; Adjunct Faculty, University of Rochester Center for the Study and Prevention of Suicide, Rochester, New York.
⁴ 4 Health Columnist, The Globe and Mail, Toronto, Ontario.
⁵ 5 Associate Professor, School of Journalism, Ryerson University, Toronto, Ontario.
⁶ 6 Research Student, Department of Psychiatry, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario.
⁷ 7 Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Max Rady College of Medicine, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba.
⁸ 8 Head, Centre of Excellence, Directorate of Mental Health, Canadian Armed Forces Health Services, Ottawa, Ontario; Chair, Military Mental Health, Royal Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, Ontario; Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
⁹ 9 Professor and Head, Department of Psychiatry, Max Rady College of Medicine, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Abstract

This paper has been substantially revised by the Canadian Psychiatric Association's Research Committee and approved for republication by the CPA's Board of Directors on May 3, 2017. The original policy paper¹ was developed by the Scientific and Research Affairs Standing Committee and approved by the Board of Directors on November 10, 2008.

MeSH terms

Canada
Guidelines as Topic / standards*
Humans
Mass Media / standards*
Psychiatry / standards*
Societies, Medical / standards*
Suicide*