Preventing suicide: a resource for media professionals, 2023 update

Download or read book Preventing suicide: a resource for media professionals, 2023 update written by World Health Organization and published by World Health Organization. This book was released on 2023-08-30 with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This booklet is an update of one in a series of resources on “Preventing suicide” addressed to specific social and professional groups that are particularly relevant to the prevention of suicide: “Preventing suicide: a resource for media professionals” (original in 2000 WHO/MNH/MBD/00.2, first update in 2008, second update in 2017). The booklet represents a link in a long and diverse chain involving a wide range of people and groups, including health professionals, educators, social communicators, policy makers, managers, workforce, families, and communities. Media professionals play an important role in the prevention of suicide (please also see “Preventing suicide: a global imperative”, 2014; LIVE LIFE: an implementation guide for suicide prevention in countries, 2021; and mhGAP evidence https://www.who.int/teams/mental-health-and-substance-use/treatment-care/mental-health-gap-action-programme/evidence-centre).