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Second AD

A. Traditional media reporting guidelines provide little advice about monitoring social media posts for harmful content

B. Traditional media reporting guidelines provide little advice on how to safely respond to someone who may be suicidal online

C. Traditional media reporting guidelines do not provide recommendations about communication about suicide online

Suicide is a leading cause of global mortality in those aged 25 years or younger. How can we promote safe communication about suicide in the digital age? #Chatsafe is a young person’s guide for communicating safely online about suicide.

Although traditional media guidelines have been largely successful in promoting responsible conversation about suicide among journalists and other media professionals, these resources are less likely to be relevant to young people who use social media to communicate about suicide online. For example, existing guidelines for media professionals provide little advice in the way of monitoring social media posts for potentially harmful content and ways to safely respond to someone who may be suicidal online.

Despite this, few evidence-based resources are currently available to help guide young people through the process of safe peer-to-peer communication about suicide online.

Safe Communication About Suicide in the Digital Age

Depression

Child & Adolescent Psychiatry

Quizzes

Suicide

Suicide is a leading cause of global mortality in those aged 25 years or younger. How can we promote safe communication about suicide in the digital age?

Mini Quiz: Peer-to-Peer Communication Guidelines About Suicide

Simon Rice, PhD