The “Suicide Guard Rail”: a minimal structural intervention in hospitals reduces suicide jumps

BACKGROUND: Jumping from heights is a readily available and lethal method of suicide. This study examined the effectiveness of a minimal structural intervention in preventing suicide jumps at a Swiss general teaching hospital. Following a series of suicide jumps out of the hospital’s windows, a meta...

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Autores principales: Mohl, Andreas, Stulz, Niklaus, Martin, Andrea, Eigenmann, Franz, Hepp, Urs, Hüsler, Jürg, Beer, Jürg H
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3439295/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22862804
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-0500-5-408

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3439295/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22862804
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-0500-5-408

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