@article{ref1,
title="The effect of the barriers on the Clifton Suspension Bridge, England on local patterns of suicide: implications for prevention",
journal="Psychiatria Danubina",
year="2006",
author="Bennewith, Olive and Nowers, M. and Gunnell, David",
volume="18",
number="Suppl 1",
pages="129-129",
abstract="Objective: To assess whether barriers installed on the Clifton Suspension Bridge, England, were effective in preventing suicides. Method: Coroner's records were used to identify the number of suicides occurring from the bridge and throughout the Bristol area in the 5 years before and after the installation of the preventive barriers in 1998. Results: The number of deaths from the Bridge halved in the 5 years after the construction of the barriers compared with the previous 5 years (8.2 per year v 4.0 per year, p=0.008). Most (90%) of these deaths were among males, however there was no evidence of an increase in male suicides by jumping from other sites after the erection of the barriers (5.2 per year v 5.2 per year, p=1.0). In keeping with national trends, suicides by jumping among females both from the Bridge and elsewhere in the Bristol area, increased over the study period. Conclusion: This study provides evidence for the effectiveness of barriers on bridges in preventing site-specific suicide and suicides by jumping in the surrounding area.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0353-5053",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}