Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2012, 9 126 reports has been linked with some suicidality-related outcome measure (e.g., suicide rate, non-fatal suicidal behaviours, suicidal ideation). In this stage of the screening 818 clearly non-relevant articles were excluded and full-texts of 81 articles were retrieved and further assessed for eligibility. After final eligibility assessment, 56 full-text articles were included in the study. Heterogeneity of the search results limited quantitative synthesis (meta-analysis) of the articles and therefore only a qualitative synthesis was performed and key findings presented. 3. Results and Discussion The main characteristics and findings of the 56 studies included in qualitative synthesis are presented in Table 1. Of all studies four were meta-analysis, four were systematic reviews and 48 were research articles. Table 1. Studies about the roles of media in suicide prevention: country of origin, article type, suicidality-related outcome measure and main findings. SOURCE COUNTRY Motto 1967 [20] Motto 1970 [21] Phillips 1977 [22] Phillips 1979 [23] Ashton & Donnan 1981 [24] Bollen & Phillips 1982 [25] Stack 1983 [26] Wasserman 1984 [27] Kessler et al. 1988 [28] USA USA USA USA UK USA USA USA USA ARTICLE TYPE Research OUTCOME MEASURE Suicides Research Suicides Research Research Research Research Research Motor vehicle fatalities Motor vehicle fatalities Suicides by burning Suicides Suicides Research Suicides Research Suicides in teenagers MAIN FINDINGS No significant change was revealed in suicide rates after newspaper reporting on suicidal behaviour The newspaper blackout was accompanied by a significant lowering of the suicide rate in females, especially in age group 35 Automobile accident fatalities rose after publicized suicide stories Motor vehicle fatalities (especially single- vehicle crashes) increased markedly just after publicized suicide stories Widely publicized political suicide was followed by an epidemic of copycat suicides by burning Suicides increased shortly after a publicized suicide story No relationship was found between the highly publicized mass suicide of a religious sect and national suicide rate No significant linkage was found between the national suicide rate and stories on prominent suicides on the front page of a newspaper No significant association between newscasts about suicide and subsequent teenage suicides was observed