Tuesday, 3 February 2015
NSPCC Child Protection Research - professional input required urgently
The NSPCC is keen to spend its research budget in the most effective way possible to build the evidence base around keeping children safe. We are running an online survey that will close on 20 February. We want to understand where professionals believe the gaps are in current research.
Please take the survey which should take about 10 minutes Source: NSPCC survey: gaps in child protection research
Thursday, 22 January 2015
Impact of Suicide Reporting in Media - need for more considered reporting to prevent copycat behaviour
Studies have shown that certain media portrayals of suicide are associated with copycat behaviour, resulting in further suicidal behaviour and completed suicides (Sisask & Varnik, 2012). Although the majority of reportings carry no such ‘copycat’ effects, there is evidence that some types of reporting are more likely to than others (such as celebrity suicides) (Stack, 2005).
SOURCE: Caroline Tomes in the Mental Elf 22 Jan 2015
SOURCE: Caroline Tomes in the Mental Elf 22 Jan 2015
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