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The effect of restricting access to lethal methods for suicide: a study of suicide by domestic gas in Japan
Author(s) -
Lester D.,
Abe K.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
acta psychiatrica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.849
H-Index - 146
eISSN - 1600-0447
pISSN - 0001-690X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0447.1989.tb01324.x
Subject(s) - suicide methods , suicide prevention , poison control , injury prevention , medicine , suicide rates , human factors and ergonomics , occupational safety and health , medical emergency , psychiatry , psychology , pathology
Data from Japan from 1969 to 1982 indicated that, as domestic gas was detoxified, its use for suicide declined. In addition, there was no evidence that would‐be suicides switched to alternative methods for suicide. The results were interpreted as support for a recent suggestion that preventing access to lethal methods for suicide may prevent suicide.