Content Warning: The Podcast

A Larger Context of Risk with Dr. Holly Wilcox & Aneri Pattani

Episode Summary

Wally is joined by Dr. Holly Wilcox and Aneri Pattani - co-creators of the course, Responsible Reporting on Suicide for Journalists - to talk about the role of media (including our personal social media) in preventing suicide and increasing the quality AND quantity of healing conversations around suicide and mental health. *Please see show notes for a full list of resources.

Episode Notes

Responsible Reporting on Suicide for Journalists

Dr. Holly Wilcox is a Professor in the Department of Mental Health at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. She holds joint appointments in the Department of Health Policy and Management, as well as the Johns Hopkins Schools of Medicine and Education. Holly's research centers on advancing public health approaches to suicide prevention, encompassing policies, early intervention, and chain of care approaches. Holly is the President of the International Academy of Suicide Research (IASR), a member of the National Board of Directors of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP), and a suicide prevention consultant for the World Health Organization.

Aneri Pattani is a senior correspondent at KFF Health News, a national nonprofit outlet covering U.S. health care and health policy. Pattani reports on a range of public health topics, with a focus on mental health, suicide, and substance use. She was a 2019 recipient of the Rosalynn Carter Fellowship for Mental Health Journalism. She recently completed her masters in public health as a Bloomberg fellow at Johns Hopkins University, where she has helped create a free, online course to teach journalists how to responsibly report on suicide.