Smitha Ramadas|Praveenlal Kuttichira
The development of a guideline and its impact on the media reporting of suicide
Government Medical College|Government Medical College
causal association media reporting suicides subsequent actual suicides observed studies india regarding media reporting suicide study examines whether educating media professionals responsible reporting suicides change quality reportingto study impact guideline reporting style suicides journalistsnewspaper reports local language examined psychiatriststhe department psychiatry teaching hospital conducted workshop journalists collaboration media mental health professionals came guideline responsible reporting suicide using proforma designed assessing newspaper reports suicides suicide reports leading newspapers kerala analyzed one year prior workshop immediate next year second year six years later using 15 item proforma whether report concordant discordant item proforma notedthe total concordant responses 437 year prior workshop 452 first year following workshop 462 next year 457 six years trend item examined concordance rates increasing item except two statistical significancea workshop journalists could bring positive changes media reporting suicides changes persisted years although reach statistical significance