@article{ref1,
title="Belief in the inevitability of suicide: results from a national survey",
journal="Suicide and life-threatening behavior",
year="2006",
author="Miller, Margaret and Azrael, Deborah R. and Hemenway, David A.",
volume="36",
number="1",
pages="1-11",
abstract="To examine public opinion regarding the effectiveness of means restriction as an approach to preventing suicide we asked a national sample of 2,770 respondents a hypothetical question about what effect a suicide barrier might have had on the ultimate fate of the more than 1,000 people who have jumped to their death from the Golden Gate Bridge. Thirty-four percent of respondents believed that every single jumper would have found another way to complete suicide and an additional 40% believed that &quot;most&quot; would have completed suicide using other means. The strongest predictors of belief in complete substitution were firearm ownership and cigarette smoking. Belief in the inevitability of suicide may be a political impediment to adopting potentially effective suicide prevention efforts.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0363-0234",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}