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News coverage of suicidal behavior in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland

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Media reporting of suicide has been associated with imitative acts. Internationally, this has led to the development of guidelines to promote responsible reporting of suicide.To examine the nature and quality of news coverage of suicidal behavior in the United Kingdom (UK) and Republic of Ireland (ROI).UK and ROI press clippings relating to suicide over 12 months (N = 8,101) were coded for content and assessed for quality against existing guidelines. We examined variability in relation to key...

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Published
Peer review status:
Peer reviewed

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10.1027/0227-5910/a000533

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
MSD
Department:
Psychiatry
Oxford college:
Green Templeton College
Role:
Author
ORCID:
0000-0003-4985-5715
Publisher:
Hogrefe et al
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Publication date:
2018-07-27
Acceptance date:
2018-01-15
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EISSN:
2151-2396
ISSN:
0227-5910
Pmid:
30052077
Language:
English
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Pubs id:
pubs:891728
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uuid:1852c11b-834b-414a-8c3d-2bbfd1927d8a
Local pid:
pubs:891728
Source identifiers:
891728
Deposit date:
2018-08-01

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