Controlling Access to Suicide Means
Overview
This review summarizes empirical and clinical literature on the effectiveness of restricting access to common suicide methods such as firearms, pesticides, and medications. It outlines how specific restrictions have contributed to lower suicide rates in various contexts and notes the potential risk of means substitution. The resource is intended for readers interested in public health strategies and suicide prevention policies.
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- OpenAlex
- Author
- Marco Sarchiapone (University of Molise), Laura Mandelli (University of Molise), Miriam Iosue (University of Molise), Costanza Andrisano (University of Bologna), Alec Roy (Veterans Biomedical Research Institute)
- Published
- 2011-12-07
- OA status
- gold
- DOI
- 10.3390/ijerph8124550
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- Citations
- 225
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BibTeX
@article{allodium:8636f3bd684a4334,
title = {Controlling Access to Suicide Means},
author = {Marco Sarchiapone and Laura Mandelli and Miriam Iosue and Costanza Andrisano and Alec Roy},
year = {2011},
journal = {OpenAlex},
doi = {10.3390/ijerph8124550},
url = {https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph8124550}
}RIS
TY - JOUR TI - Controlling Access to Suicide Means AU - Sarchiapone, Marco AU - Mandelli, Laura AU - Iosue, Miriam AU - Andrisano, Costanza AU - Roy, Alec PY - 2011 PB - OpenAlex DO - 10.3390/ijerph8124550 UR - https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph8124550 ER -
APA
Sarchiapone, M., Mandelli, L., Iosue, M., Andrisano, C., & Roy, A. (2011). Controlling Access to Suicide Means. OpenAlex. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph8124550
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