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Media Exposure of Suicidal Behaviour: An Umbrella Review

Aim: To analyse recommended interventions for the safe and responsible dissemination of suicidal behaviour in the media for preventive purposes. Background: Suicide is a serious public health problem that leads to more than 700,000 deaths per year, which translates into one death every forty seconds...

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Autores principales: Sufrate-Sorzano, Teresa, Di Nitto, Marco, Garrote-Cámara, María Elena, Molina-Luque, Fidel, Recio-Rodríguez, José Ignacio, Asión-Polo, Pilar, Durante, Ángela, Gea-Caballero, Vicente, Juárez-Vela, Raúl, Pérez, Jesús, Santolalla-Arnedo, Iván
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Publicado: MDPI 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10660843/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37987404
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nursrep13040125
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author Sufrate-Sorzano, Teresa
Di Nitto, Marco
Garrote-Cámara, María Elena
Molina-Luque, Fidel
Recio-Rodríguez, José Ignacio
Asión-Polo, Pilar
Durante, Ángela
Gea-Caballero, Vicente
Juárez-Vela, Raúl
Pérez, Jesús
Santolalla-Arnedo, Iván
author_facet Sufrate-Sorzano, Teresa
Di Nitto, Marco
Garrote-Cámara, María Elena
Molina-Luque, Fidel
Recio-Rodríguez, José Ignacio
Asión-Polo, Pilar
Durante, Ángela
Gea-Caballero, Vicente
Juárez-Vela, Raúl
Pérez, Jesús
Santolalla-Arnedo, Iván
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description Aim: To analyse recommended interventions for the safe and responsible dissemination of suicidal behaviour in the media for preventive purposes. Background: Suicide is a serious public health problem that leads to more than 700,000 deaths per year, which translates into one death every forty seconds. The media play a significant role in shaping public perceptions and reflecting societal issues. Because of its active role in the construction of reality, the way in which the media report and expose suicidal behaviour has the capacity to influence the population in either a preventive or harmful way. Design: An umbrella review was carried out and a report was written according to the Preferred Reporting Items for Overviews of Reviews. Methods: We systematically searched for reviews published from inception to February 2023 in MEDLINE (PubMed), CINAHL and PsycInfo (via EBSCOhost), Web of Science, Embase, Cochrane Library of Systematic Reviews, Scopus, and Google Scholar. A narrative synthesis of the results was conducted. Results: Six systematic reviews with a moderate to high quality level were selected. Among the recommended interventions were the inclusion of positive messages of hope, resilience, or of overcoming the event, narratives with information on available resources or the promotion of support-seeking attitudes as an effective prevention mechanism, as well as the avoidance of repetitive reporting of the same suicide. The appropriate and responsible dissemination of information on suicidal behaviour in the media with complete and up-to-date information on available centres, organisations, institutions, and resources has proven to be effective, especially in vulnerable populations. Conclusion: Educating and training the media in an appropriate approach to disseminating suicidal behaviour helps to reduce the number of suicidal behaviours. Knowing what information is advisable to include in the news item as well as what information to avoid is a strong point. Guidelines to promote responsible media reporting are a key component of suicide prevention strategies. This study was prospectively registered in the International Prospective Register of Systematic Reviews (PROSPERO) on 23 April 2022 with the registration number CRD42022320393.
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spelling pubmed-106608432023-10-25 Media Exposure of Suicidal Behaviour: An Umbrella Review Sufrate-Sorzano, Teresa Di Nitto, Marco Garrote-Cámara, María Elena Molina-Luque, Fidel Recio-Rodríguez, José Ignacio Asión-Polo, Pilar Durante, Ángela Gea-Caballero, Vicente Juárez-Vela, Raúl Pérez, Jesús Santolalla-Arnedo, Iván Nurs Rep Systematic Review Aim: To analyse recommended interventions for the safe and responsible dissemination of suicidal behaviour in the media for preventive purposes. Background: Suicide is a serious public health problem that leads to more than 700,000 deaths per year, which translates into one death every forty seconds. The media play a significant role in shaping public perceptions and reflecting societal issues. Because of its active role in the construction of reality, the way in which the media report and expose suicidal behaviour has the capacity to influence the population in either a preventive or harmful way. Design: An umbrella review was carried out and a report was written according to the Preferred Reporting Items for Overviews of Reviews. Methods: We systematically searched for reviews published from inception to February 2023 in MEDLINE (PubMed), CINAHL and PsycInfo (via EBSCOhost), Web of Science, Embase, Cochrane Library of Systematic Reviews, Scopus, and Google Scholar. A narrative synthesis of the results was conducted. Results: Six systematic reviews with a moderate to high quality level were selected. Among the recommended interventions were the inclusion of positive messages of hope, resilience, or of overcoming the event, narratives with information on available resources or the promotion of support-seeking attitudes as an effective prevention mechanism, as well as the avoidance of repetitive reporting of the same suicide. The appropriate and responsible dissemination of information on suicidal behaviour in the media with complete and up-to-date information on available centres, organisations, institutions, and resources has proven to be effective, especially in vulnerable populations. Conclusion: Educating and training the media in an appropriate approach to disseminating suicidal behaviour helps to reduce the number of suicidal behaviours. Knowing what information is advisable to include in the news item as well as what information to avoid is a strong point. Guidelines to promote responsible media reporting are a key component of suicide prevention strategies. This study was prospectively registered in the International Prospective Register of Systematic Reviews (PROSPERO) on 23 April 2022 with the registration number CRD42022320393. MDPI 2023-10-25 /pmc/articles/PMC10660843/ /pubmed/37987404 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nursrep13040125 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Di Nitto, Marco
Garrote-Cámara, María Elena
Molina-Luque, Fidel
Recio-Rodríguez, José Ignacio
Asión-Polo, Pilar
Durante, Ángela
Gea-Caballero, Vicente
Juárez-Vela, Raúl
Pérez, Jesús
Santolalla-Arnedo, Iván
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nursrep13040125
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