Werther and Papageno effects: media exposure as an important and under-recognized factor in suicide

Please join us …

When: Tuesday, October 16, 2018, 12–1 p.m.

Where: ICES, G-Wing, Conference Centre (Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre)

Who: Mark Sinyor, MSc, MD, FRCPC; Psychiatrist, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre; Assistant Professor, University of Toronto; Associate Scientist, Hurvitz Brain Sciences Research Program, Sunnybrook Research Institute.

Topic: Werther and Papageno effects: media exposure as an important and under-recognized factor in suicide

Learning objectives

1. The role of “cognitive availability” in suicide rates in a region
2. How novel methods of suicide are disseminated worldwide
3. The relationship between elements of mainstream media reporting and suicide deaths in Toronto.

Mark Sinyor