title: Towards a shared understanding: Perspectives from Toronto's first media forum for suicide prevention.
abstract: Media reporting on suicide may have harmful and/or protective effects on deaths by suicide, depending on the nature of the coverage. Canada's first forum on this important issue was held in Toronto on November 6, 2015. Participating in the forum were public health policy-makers, mental health and suicide prevention experts and senior media representatives. This commentary summarizes the content of the forum and highlights the need for ongoing collaboration between suicide prevention experts and media professionals aimed at safe and respectful reporting that maintains the public's need to be informed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre; Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON. mark.sinyor@sunnybrook.ca.
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sinyor
authors.forename: Jane
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Pirkis
authors.forename: André
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Picard
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: McKeown
authors.forename: Margaret
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Vincent
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Cheung
authors.forename: Ayal
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Schaffer
authors.forename: Jan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fordham
authors.forename: Rosie
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mishaiel
authors.forename: Marnin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Heisel
mesh_terms: D002170:Canada; D003226:Congresses as Topic; D006801:Humans; D008402:Mass Media; D000092864:Suicide Prevention