Today's Harmless #SBConference2023 session is being led by Alexandra Pitman & Ruby Jarvis from UCL. Discussing press reporting of suicide. Going through 2 pieces of research on the impact of media reporting of suicide on the bereaved & wider readership The Tomorrow Project

1/4 Fascinating presentation from Alexandra Pitman & Ruby at the Harmless The Tomorrow Project @letstalknlearn #SBConference2023. The traumatic impact of suicide loss is amplified in the month following death, when press coverage is likely to be highest.

2/4 Top tips for journalists/editors: DON'T: ❌Speculate about cause of death ❌Use inappropriate language (e.g. "commit", "successful attempt") ❌Use deceit to gather information ❌Exploit the bereaved for a headline ❌Publish personal info the family don't want in public domain

3/4 DO: 👉Read & stick to Samaritans' Media Guidelines 👉Use sympathy, sensitivity & discretion 👉Include signposting information to services 👉Be respectful. Each person you see in coroner's court is human. Remember their faces when writing. They will see, read & feel your words

Harmless Ruby Watch Ruby UCL Psychiatry UCL Institute of Mental Health UCL Mental Health Sciences MScs describing what we presented yesterday in the Harmless #SuicideBereavement conference: Samaritans media guidelines on reporting #suicide also exist to protect the bereaved from intrusion into grief.

LAST CHANCE to get your #MHQT ticket and join us in London TONIGHT for this in-person public discussion in London where we will set forward a vision for mental health care for autistic people 5:30-6:45pm GMT+1 Tue 4th June eventbrite.co.uk/e/building-men…

#MHQT Question for the panel: People are saying we need more RTCs in autism research, but can you talk about the conflict of how controlled these trials need to be and how individualized treatment needs to be? Watch the live stream #MHQT elfi.sh/mhqt-autism

#MHQT Question for the panel: There have been a lot of small changes to improve care immediately but culture change takes a long time – what is the ‘smallest step’ or easiest first step to improve care for autistic people Watch the live stream #MHQT elfi.sh/mhqt-autism

#MHQT Question for the panel: There have been a lot of small changes to improve care immediately, but culture change takes a long time – what is the ‘smallest step’ or easiest first step to improve care for autistic people