Research - Means Restriction
Preventing specific suicide methods.
The restriction of means to suicide is one of the best-established practices in suicide prevention. Members of the Werkstaette have contributed to the evidence base, with a particular focus on firearm legislation, railway and subway suicide. This research is complemented by efforts to better understand how to prevent suicides at locations with increased suicide occurrence (i.e., hotspots).
Related Publications
Capron DW, Andel R, Voracek M, Till B, Niederkrotenthaler T, Bauer BW, Anestis MD, Tran US.
(2021).
Time-series analyses of firearm-related Google searches and United States suicide rates 2004-2016.
Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior.
10.1111/sltb.12728.
Scherr S, Haim M, Arendt F.
(2021).
How search engines may help reduce drug-related suicides.
Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 226, 108874.
Niederkrotenthaler T, Till B, Herberth A, Kapusta ND, Voracek M, Dervic K, Etzersdorfer E, Sonneck G.
(2009).
Can media effects counteract legislation reforms? The case of adolescent firearm suicides in the wake of the Austrian firearm legislation.
Journal of Adolescent Health, 44(1), 90-93.
10.1016/j.jadohealth.2008.05.010.