This guide aims to provide some practical tips on safe ways for discussing, reporting and publishing of content, which references mental health or mental ill-health to ensure any risks are managed while increasing the community understanding of mental ill-health. The guide provides support and guidance to media professionals when reporting, portraying or communicating about suicide or mental ill-health.
The guidelines provide an overview on:
- communicating about a suicide death
- communicating about a person with a mental ill-health
- communicating about euthanasia and self-harm
- recommendations for reporting on eating disorders
- safe and inclusive language to use
- minimising details of method and location
- the importance of including help-seeking information
- Topics:
- Health, Inclusion and access
- Author:
- Mindframe
- Closing date:
- Mon 30th Jan, 2012