TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2006//
TI  - The effect of the barriers on the Clifton Suspension Bridge, England on local patterns of suicide: implications for prevention
JO  - Psychiatria Danubina
A1  - Bennewith, Olive
A1  - Nowers, M.
A1  - Gunnell, David
SP  - 129
EP  - 129
VL  - 18
IS  - Suppl 1
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 0353-5053
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -