Rapid spread of suicide by charcoal burning from 2007 to 2011 in Korea

Lee, Ahrong; Ahn, Myung Hee; Lee, Tae Yeop; Park, Subin; Hong, Jin Pyo

doi:10.1016/j.psychres.2014.06.037

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“…The experience in other countries supports the idea that publication of suicide methods can perpetuate attempts and trends in methods chosen by others in 'copycat suicides'. [2][3][4][5]22 In the course of Box 1 Guidelines for the reporting of suicide assessed in the study. Adapted from the Samaritans 16 1 Leave out technical details about the method of suicide, such as describing the type of ligature used or the number and types of pills taken in an overdose.…”

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Online media reporting of suicides: Analysis of adherence to existing guidelines

2017

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Aims and method To assess the compliance of contemporary online media output with guidelines for the responsible reporting of suicidal acts. A search engine was used to identify online media reports of suicide from UK sources over the course of 1 month. Each article was assessed against guidelines for the responsible reporting of suicide produced by the Samaritans, a UK mental health charity.Results We identified 229 articles, of which 199 failed to comply with at least one of the Samaritans' guidelines. Failure to mention support sources, excessive detail about the method used and undue speculation about the trigger for suicide were the most commonly breached guidelines. Significant differences were found between the quality of local and national media sources, with local media sources being broadly more compliant with guidelines.Clinical implications This study highlights the urgent need for the implementation of responsible reporting guidelines in online media articles as a component of suicide prevention efforts.

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Online media reporting of suicides: Analysis of adherence to existing guidelines

2017

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“…S uicide by inhalation of gases accounts for roughly 5%-15% of all suicides worldwide. [1][2][3][4][5][6][7] Although carbon monoxide (CO) remains the gas most commonly used in these deaths, patterns of gas inhalation suicide, as well as patterns in the sources of gases, have changed substantially over the past 40 years. In particular, rates of suicide by inhalation of motor vehicle exhaust gas have fallen steadily since the widespread inclusion of catalytic converters in new cars.…”

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Identifying and Tracking Gas Suicides in the U.S. Using the National Violent Death Reporting System, 2005–2012

Azrael

Mukamal

Cohen

et al. 2016

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

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“…It has been suggested that media suicide reports might influence viewers and readers with suicidal ideation and result in an increased number of suggested suicides. As a result, the potential association between the media coverage of a suicide and subsequent actual suicidality (i.e., fatal and non-fatal suicidal acts or suicidal ideation) has been extensively investigated [4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11]. A systematic review of previous studies suggests that the media impact suicide rates [1,5,6,12].…”

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Analysis of Japanese Articles about Suicides Involving Charcoal Burning or Hydrogen Sulfide Gas

Nabeshima

Onozuka

Kitazono

et al. 2016

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It is well known that certain types of media reports about suicide can result in imitative suicides. In the last two decades, Japan has experienced two suicide epidemics and the subsequent excessive media coverage of these events. However, the quality of the media suicide reports has yet to be evaluated in terms of the guidelines for media suicide coverage. Thus, the present study analyzed Japanese newspaper articles (n = 4007) on suicides by charcoal burning or hydrogen sulfide gas between 11 February 2003 and 13 March 2010. The suicide reports were evaluated in terms of the extent to which they conformed to the suicide reporting guidelines. The mean violation scores were 3.06 (±0.7) for all articles, 3.2 (±0.8) for articles about suicide by charcoal burning, and 2.9 (±0.7) for articles about suicide by hydrogen sulfide (p < 0.001). With the exception of not following several recommendations, newspaper articles about suicide have improved in quality, as defined by the recommendations for media suicide coverage. To prevent imitative suicides based on media suicide reports, individuals in the media should try not to report suicide methods and to make attempts to report the poor condition of suicide survivors.

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Rapid spread of suicide by charcoal burning from 2007 to 2011 in Korea

Cited by 28 publications

References 28 publications

Online media reporting of suicides: Analysis of adherence to existing guidelines

Online media reporting of suicides: Analysis of adherence to existing guidelines

Identifying and Tracking Gas Suicides in the U.S. Using the National Violent Death Reporting System, 2005–2012

Analysis of Japanese Articles about Suicides Involving Charcoal Burning or Hydrogen Sulfide Gas

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