For information on understanding and preventing suicide, visit
PsychAlive – Suicide Prevention Advice.
Sources
SUICIDE. GUNS, AND PUBLIC HEALTH – HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH
http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/means-matter/
REMOVING BRIDGE BARRIERS STIMULATES SUICIDES:
http://www.otago.ac.nz/christchurch/otago014481.pdf
A VEIL OF DETERRENCE FOR A BRIDGE WITH A DARK SIDE
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/02/18/international/americas/18TORO.html
SUICIDE PREVENTION ON BRIDGES: THE NATIONAL SUICIDE PREVENTION LIFELINE POSITION http://www.gannett.cornell.edu/cms/pdf/upload/National-Suicide-Prevention-Lifeline-Position.pdf
EFFECT OF BARRIERS ON THE CLIFTON SUSPENSION BRIDGE, ENGLAND, ON LOCAL PATTERNS OF SUICIDE: IMPLICATIONS FOR PREVENTION – http://bjp.rcpsych.org/content/190/3/266.full
SECURING A SUICIDE HOTSPOT: EFFECTS OF A SAFETY NET AT THE BERN MUENSTER TERRACE
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16178698
REMOVING BRIDGE BARRIERS STIMULATES SUICIDES: AN UNFORTUNATE NATURAL EXPERIMENT
http://www.gannett.cornell.edu/cms/pdf/upload/Beautrais-2009.pdf
The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline If you or someone you know is in crisis or in need of immediate help, call 1-800-273-TALK (8255). This is a free hotline available 24 hours a day to anyone in emotional distress or suicidal crisis.
International readers can click here for a list of helplines and crisis centers around the world.
Dr. Lisa Firestone’s “The Warning Signs of Suicide” &“Suicide: How You Can Help Someone at Risk“
Washington Post’s Pulling loved ones out of the lure of suicide
Suicide Prevention Resource Center
American Psychological Association
American Association of Suicidology
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
Suicide Prevention Action Network
Los Angeles County Youth Suicide Prevention Program
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