Restricting access to a suicide hotspot does not shift the problem to another location. An experiment of two river bridges in Brisbane, Australia

Abstract Background: Restricting access to lethal means is a well‐established strategy for suicide prevention. However, the hypothesis of subsequent method substitution remains difficult to verify. In the case of jumping from high places (‘hotspots’), most studies have been unable to control for a p...

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Main Authors: Chi‐kin Law, Jerneja Sveticic, Diego De Leo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2014-04-01
Series:Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1111/1753-6405.12157