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

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 2014
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.
Chi‐kin Law, Jerneja Sveticic, Diego De Leo   +2 more
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A suicide prevention initiative at a jumping site: A mixed-methods evaluation

EClinicalMedicine, 2020
Background: Gap Park in Sydney, Australia has historically been recognised as a suicide jumping site. In 2010–2011 the Gap Park Masterplan initiative implemented a series of suicide prevention measures.
Victoria Ross, Yu Wen Koo, Kairi Kõlves
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Women Veterans’ experiences discussing household firearms with their intimate partners: collaborative, devalued, and deferential relational types

Injury Epidemiology, 2023
Background Rates of firearm suicide have increased among women Veterans. Discussing firearm access and reducing access to lethal means of suicide when suicide risk is heightened are central tenets of suicide prevention, as is tailoring suicide prevention
Evan R. Polzer, Carly M. Rohs, Suzanne M. Thomas, Ryan Holliday, Christin N. Miller, Joseph A. Simonetti, Katherine M. Iverson, Lisa A. Brenner, Lindsey L. Monteith   +8 more
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The EXPERIENCE system for the investigation of behavioral differences between depressed and healthy-control participants in Virtual Reality

European Psychiatry, 2023
Introduction The EXPERIENCE project aims to enable the creation and sharing of extended-personal realities in virtual reality (VR). Currently, software and hardware technology are under development, that will automatically generate VR environments based
S. Sutori, I. Todorov, G. Hadlaczky, V. Carli   +3 more
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Forecasting call and chat volumes at online helplines for mental health

BMC Public Health, 2023
Background Each year, many help seekers in need contact health helplines for mental support. It is crucial that they receive support immediately, and that waiting times are minimal. In order to minimize delay, helplines must have adequate staffing levels,
Tim Rens de Boer, Saskia Mérelle, Sandjai Bhulai, Renske Gilissen, Rob van der Mei   +4 more
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Prevention of suicide

Indian Journal of Social Psychiatry, 2017
Suicide is a major public health problem in India, probably even bigger than in the West. Suicidal behavior is the best conceptualized as a multifaceted complex problem involving social factors and mental illnesses. Broadly, there are two approaches to suicide prevention; population preventive strategies and high-risk preventive strategies.
Rajiv Gupta, Nikhil Jain
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Sociodemographic and psychosocial risk factors of railway suicide: a mixed-methods study combining data of all suicide decedents in the Netherlands with data from a psychosocial autopsy study

BMC Public Health
Background Railway suicide has profound implications for the victims and their family, and affects train drivers, railway personnel, emergency services and witnesses.
Elias Balt, Saskia Mérelle, Arne Popma, Daan Creemers, Karlijn Heesen, Nikki van Eijk, Isa van den Brand, Renske Gilissen   +7 more
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Comparison of Characteristics of Suicide Attempts Registered in Urban and Rural Areas in China

Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2022
Objective: The objective of this study is to compare the characteristics of suicide attempts registered in general hospitals in urban and rural areas in China.Methods: From January 2007 to December 2011, suicide attempts registered in hospitals in five ...
Lingling Li, Lingling Li, Lingling Li, Chunxu Liu, Yongsheng Tong, Yongsheng Tong, Yongsheng Tong, Jianlan Wu, Jianlan Wu, Jianlan Wu, Wei Zhou, Wei Zhou, Yi Yin, Yi Yin, Yi Yin, Mengjie Wu, Mengjie Wu, Mengjie Wu, Ruoyang Tong, Jing An, Jing An   +20 more
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Suicide after contact with substance misuse services: a national registry study

BJPsych Open, 2020
BackgroundPeople with substance use disorders have a well-known increased risk for taking their own life. Previous research has mainly focused on suicide in mental health services, whereas there is limited knowledge regarding suicide after contact with ...
Martin Ø. Myhre, Anine T. Kildahl, Fredrik A. Walby   +2 more
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The prevalence, course, and risk factors of suicidal ideation and suicide attempts among students in vocational education

Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health
Background Worldwide, suicide is one of the leading causes of death among adolescents and young adults. Given that suicide in this age group is common within vocational students, this study aims to provide insights into the prevalence, course, and risk ...
Milou Looijmans, Paula von Spreckelsen, Guus Berkelmans, Arne Popma, Diana van Bergen, Renske Gilissen, Saskia Mérelle   +6 more
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