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How a headline can widen or narrow a suicide cluster

Media detail, glamour, and method specifics are associated with copycat deaths. Responsible reporting is a public-health intervention, not a taste preference.

PublishedNewsroom briefing2024Worldwide newsrooms

What we conclude

The press is a partner, not an enemy. A quotable scientific sentence plus a help link outperforms both silence and spectacle.

What we will not claim

We do not claim that journalism causes suicide in a simple one-to-one way, or that every death is a media event.