This guide aims to provide some practical tips on safe ways for discussing, reporting and publishing of content, which references mental health or mental ill-health to ensure any risks are managed while increasing the community understanding of mental ill-health.  The guide provides support and guidance to media professionals when reporting, portraying or communicating about suicide or mental ill-health.

The guidelines provide an overview on:

• communicating about a suicide death
• communicating about a person with a mental ill-health
• communicating about euthanasia and self-harm
• recommendations for reporting on eating disorders
• safe and inclusive language to use
• minimising details of method and location
• the importance of including help-seeking information