Means restriction for the prevention of suicide by jumping

C Okolie, S Wood, K Hawton… - Cochrane database …, 1996 - cochranelibrary.com
Background Jumping from a height is an uncommon but lethal means of suicide. Restricting
access to means is an important universal or population‐based approach to suicide …

[HTML][HTML] Effectiveness of physical barriers to prevent suicide by jumping from high-risk bridges: From an integrative review to a northern Italian province's paradigm

R Merli, A Costanza - Preventive medicine reports, 2024 - Elsevier
Background Although uncommon, suicide by jumping is almost always lethal and can be
significantly elevated locally due to the availability of tall structures including bridges and …

[HTML][HTML] Means restriction for the prevention of suicide: generic protocol

A John, K Hawton, C Okolie, M Dennis… - The Cochrane …, 2018 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background This generic protocol will provide a template for a suite of reviews assessing the
effectiveness for suicide prevention of restricting access to common means of suicide. This …

[HTML][HTML] The “Suicide Guard Rail”: a minimal structural intervention in hospitals reduces suicide jumps

A Mohl, N Stulz, A Martin, F Eigenmann, U Hepp… - BMC research …, 2012 - Springer
Background Jumping from heights is a readily available and lethal method of suicide. This
study examined the effectiveness of a minimal structural intervention in preventing suicide …

Suicides by jumping from a height in Hong Kong: a review of coroner court files

PWC Wong, ED Caine, CKM Lee, A Beautrais… - Social psychiatry and …, 2014 - Springer
Purpose Jumping from a height is the most common method for suicide in Hong Kong and
other urban cities, but it remains understudied locally and internationally. We used Coroner …

Interventions to reduce suicides at suicide hotspots: a systematic review and meta-analysis

J Pirkis, L San Too, MJ Spittal, K Krysinska… - The Lancet …, 2015 - thelancet.com
Background Various interventions have been introduced to try to prevent suicides at suicide
hotspots, but evidence of their effectiveness needs to be strengthened. Methods We did a …

Means restriction for the prevention of suicide on roads

Cochrane Common Mental Disorders … - Cochrane database …, 1996 - cochranelibrary.com
Background Road traffic suicides are common. However, due to the difficulty in
distinguishing between motor vehicle crash fatalities and actual suicides, no official figures …

Are we using the right evidence to inform suicide prevention in low-and Middle-Income countries? An umbrella review

I Itua, K Shah, P Galway, F Chaudhry… - Archives of suicide …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Objective Suicide disproportionately affects low-and middle-income countries and evidence
regarding prevention approaches developed in high income countries may not be …

Stepped care for suicide prevention in teens and young adults: Design and methods of a randomized controlled trial

CR Sheppler, AC Edelmann, AJ Firemark… - Contemporary clinical …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Suicide is the second‑leading cause of death among adolescents and young
adults in the United States, with rates rising over much of the last decade. The design …

[HTML][HTML] Interventions to reduce suicides at suicide hotspots: a systematic review

GR Cox, C Owens, J Robinson, A Nicholas, A Lockley… - BMC Public Health, 2013 - Springer
Background 'Suicide hotspots' include tall structures (for example, bridges and cliffs), railway
tracks, and isolated locations (for example, rural car parks) which offer direct means for …