Programs for Prevention of Suicide Among Adolescents and Young Adults; Suicide Contagion and the Reporting of Suicide: Recommendations From a National Workshop

• NCJ Number: 185924
• Journal: MMWR Volume: 43 Issue: RR-6 Dated: April 22, 1994 Pages: 1-18
• Author(s): Patrick W. O'Carroll M.D.; Lloyd B. Potter Ph.D.; James A. Mercy Ph.D.
• Date Published: April 1994
• Length: 19 pages
• Sale Source: NCJRS Photocopy Services
• Publication Format: Document
• Publication Type: Issue Overview
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

This journal describes programs for preventing suicide among adolescents and young adults and presents recommendations from a national workshop on suicide contagion.

Abstract

In 1992, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention published a Resource Guide that described the rationale and evidence for the effectiveness of various suicide prevention strategies and identified model programs that incorporate those strategies. This summary of the Resource Guide describes eight suicide prevention strategies and provides general recommendations for developing, implementing, and evaluating suicide prevention programs targeting adolescents and young adults. The second article outlines general issues that public health officials and health and media professionals should consider when reporting about suicide. It identifies aspects of news coverage that can promote suicide contagion, and describes ways communities can address this problem through specific types of news coverage. Table, references, notes, appendix