Everymind Suicide Prevention Project Officer Clare Jones will be attending the Australian Winter School 2019 Conference in Brisbane this week, representing the Mindframe for Alcohol and Other Drugs project.
The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) has today released a research report titled ‘Psychosocial risk factors as they relate to coroner-referred deaths in Australia, 2017,’ which includes information relating to suicide and accidental deaths.
Mindframe, would like to formally commend Netflix for the steps it has taken in editing explicit scenes from season one of 13 Reasons Why, consequently setting a worldwide precedent for entertainment media.
Mindframe Senior Project Officer, Elizabeth Paton and Project Officer, Clare Jones will be travelling to Canberra to present at the Australia and New Zealand Communication Association (ANZCA) annual conference on July 3-5.
As this story continues to develop the cause of death may not be as it first appeared and we are urging the media to be extremely cautious when reporting on this evolving overseas incident. Media should avoid speculating on the cause of death of Ms Pothoven.
Mindframe reminds media that there range of complex considerations to be mindful of including risk to vulnerable audiences when responsibly reporting around the death of Dutch teenager Noa Pothoven.
Mindframe reminds media of the importance of responsible reporting on the recent shooting in Darwin and urges promotion of help-seeking information for distressed viewers.
The appeal hearing of George Pell will take place on Wednesday and Thursday (5 and 6 June) at the Supreme Court building in Victoria and increased and subsequent reporting of high-profile cases, can impact whole communities as well as individuals who have been directly affected.
Mindframe wish to acknowledge the grief and loss felt in the communities affected in the incident that occurred on Monday 27 May, 2019.
Mindframe wishes to remind media of responsible reporting on the incident that has occurred outside of Tokyo.