Preventing Suicide by Restricting Access to Methods for Suicide (IN: Preventive Strategies on Suicide, ed. by R F W Diekstra, W Gulbinat et al.)

The present chapter reviews a series of regional & time series studies on the effects of reducing the availability of firearms, toxic car exhaust & toxic domestic gas on suicide. Though the data do not provide a definitive conclusion, the results do indicate that reducing the availability of a method for suicide reduces its use for suicide & may also reduce the overall suicide rate. (22 refs)