“Werther effect” – Media, a potential preventive tool for suicidal behaviour
Suicide, with all its psychosocial impacts, is a major public health problem and needs prompt preventive approaches considering its increasing magnitude. In this era of the internet, people started to rely more on data available at their fingertips than the print media. And this is the time to apply...
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| author | Soumya P Thomas Sheena Varughese Roy Abraham Kallivayalil |
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| description | Suicide, with all its psychosocial impacts, is a major public health problem and needs prompt preventive approaches considering its increasing magnitude. In this era of the internet, people started to rely more on data available at their fingertips than the print media. And this is the time to apply the knowledge we had gained of print media reporting on suicide (its limitations and possibilities) to online media. This article tries to bring attention to some of the recommendations for media reporting on suicide and the need for researches based on the online media platform. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-763a91af297b4a6a87ced503fcf417a42022-12-21T23:15:54ZengIndian Psychiatric Society (Kerala State BranchKerala Journal of Psychiatry0377-06992395-14862020-08-01160“Werther effect” – Media, a potential preventive tool for suicidal behaviourSoumya P Thomas0Sheena Varughese1Roy Abraham Kallivayalil2Senior resident, Department of Psychiatry, PushpagiriMedical College & Research Centre ThiruvallaAssistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, PushpagiriMedical College & Research Centre ThiruvallaProfessor & Head, Department of Psychiatry, PushpagiriMedical College & Research Centre ThiruvallaSuicide, with all its psychosocial impacts, is a major public health problem and needs prompt preventive approaches considering its increasing magnitude. In this era of the internet, people started to rely more on data available at their fingertips than the print media. And this is the time to apply the knowledge we had gained of print media reporting on suicide (its limitations and possibilities) to online media. This article tries to bring attention to some of the recommendations for media reporting on suicide and the need for researches based on the online media platform.https://kjponline.com/index.php/kjp/article/view/207werther effectsuicidesocial media |
| spellingShingle | Soumya P Thomas Sheena Varughese Roy Abraham Kallivayalil “Werther effect” – Media, a potential preventive tool for suicidal behaviour Kerala Journal of Psychiatry werther effect suicide social media |
| title | “Werther effect” – Media, a potential preventive tool for suicidal behaviour |
| title_full | “Werther effect” – Media, a potential preventive tool for suicidal behaviour |
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| title_full_unstemmed | “Werther effect” – Media, a potential preventive tool for suicidal behaviour |
| title_short | “Werther effect” – Media, a potential preventive tool for suicidal behaviour |
| title_sort | werther effect media a potential preventive tool for suicidal behaviour |
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