..., relational challenges, socio-political turmoil and biological factors. Participants were then asked to complete a series of attitude measures. Findings Results indicate that media representations depicting depression as resulting from experiences of violence/abuse may increase the perceived dangerousness...

.... The media has an important role to play in preventing student suicides by adhering to international best practice guidelines on ethical reporting of suicides. Design/methodology/approach This study conducted a content analysis of print medium newspaper articles in the 13 most widely read English...

...Ramdas Ransing; Sujita Kumar Kar; Vikas Menon; Aman Mhamunkar; Ishwar Patil; S.M. Yasir Arafat Purpose This paper aims to evaluate the adherence of media reports of suicide published in vernacular language newspapers against the World Health Organization guidelines. Design/methodology/approach...

... in newspaper reporting of mental illness in Japan, where there have been few studies conducted on this topic. It also aimed to compare newspaper articles about schizophrenia and those about depression. This is because schizophrenia and depression may be represented differently in the media since...