Restrictions in Means for Suicide: An Effective Tool in Preventing Suicide: The Danish Experience

Autor/inn/en	Nordentoft, Merete; Qin, Ping; Helweg-Larsen, Karin
Titel	Restrictions in Means for Suicide: An Effective Tool in Preventing Suicide: The Danish Experience
Quelle	In: Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 37 (2007) 6, S.688-697 (10 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0363-0234
DOI	10.1521/suli.2007.37.6.688
Schlagwörter	Suicide; Foreign Countries; Prevention; Trend Analysis; Methods; Comparative Analysis; Drug Use; Hazardous Materials; Denmark + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Selbstmord; Ausland; Prävention; Vorbeugung; Trendanalyse; Method; Methode; Drug consumption; Substance abuse; Drogenkonsum; Hazardous substance; Gefahrstoff; Dänemark
Abstract	Restriction of means for suicide is an important part of suicide preventive strategies in different countries. The effect on method-specific suicide rate and overall suicide rate of restrictions on availability of carbon monoxide, barbiturates, and dextropropoxyphene was examined. From 1970 to 2000, overall suicide mortality and method-specific suicide mortality in Denmark were compared with official information about availability of barbiturates and analgesics and carbon monoxide in vehicle exhaust and household gas. Restrictions on availability of household gas with carbon monoxide content and barbiturates was associated with a decline in the number of suicides and suicides by self-poisoning with these compounds after controlling for the effect of calender year. Restricted access occurred concomittantly with a 55 percent decrease in suicide rate. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10