Academic Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, King Edward Medical University, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
Department of Child and Family Psychiatry, King Edward Medical University, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
Int J Soc Psychiatry. 2023 Mar;69(2):406-411. doi: 10.1177/00207640221106683. Epub 2022 Jun 22.
In Pakistan, there is lack of official suicide data due to associated stigma and socio-cultural factors. Although, suicide incidents are regularly reported in newspapers there are no official suicide reporting guidelines.
The aim was to study the quality of suicide reporting in Pakistani newspapers and compare it to international media guidelines.
Newspaper reports on suicide deaths were searched in four Pakistani national newspapers from 1st January 2019 to 31st December 2020. Data was extracted using templates based on World Health Organization and Reporting on Suicide media guidelines.
There were total 2,295 suicides reported in 2 years. The word 'suicide' was mentioned in title of 2,113 (92.06%) reports. In 70.37% news articles, motive for suicide was reduced to a single factor. Method was mentioned in 95.6% suicides. Pictures accompanied 103 (4.4%) news reports. Only 13 (0.57%) the news stories recognized the link between substance abuse and suicide. None of the reports provided education to public about suicide or mentioned resources to seek help.
The articles reporting on suicide deaths were regularly featured in Pakistani newspapers with strikingly low level of adherence to suicide reporting guidelines.
在巴基斯坦，由于与自杀相关的耻辱感和社会文化因素，官方缺乏自杀数据。尽管报纸上经常报道自杀事件，但没有官方的自杀报告准则。
本研究旨在评估巴基斯坦报纸上自杀报道的质量，并与国际媒体指南进行比较。
从 2019 年 1 月 1 日至 2020 年 12 月 31 日，在巴基斯坦的四家全国性报纸中搜索自杀死亡的报纸报道。使用基于世界卫生组织和自杀媒体报告指南的模板提取数据。
在 2 年内共报道了 2295 例自杀事件。2113 份（92.06%）报道的标题中提到了“自杀”一词。在 70.37%的新闻文章中，自杀动机被简化为单一因素。95.6%的自杀事件提到了方法。103 份（4.4%）新闻报道附有图片。只有 13 份（0.57%）新闻报道认识到物质滥用与自杀之间的联系。没有一篇报道向公众提供有关自杀的教育或提到寻求帮助的资源。
有关自杀死亡的文章经常出现在巴基斯坦报纸上，但对自杀报告准则的遵守程度极低。
