Suicide from river bridges

The opening of a new high river bridge in Brisbane allowed a naturalistic experimental testing of whether the sample engaging in suicidal behaviour from the new bridge was similar to that from the adjoining older bridge. Substantial differences were found for the two samples. This suggests that pers...

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Published inAustralian and New Zealand journal of psychiatry Vol. 24; no. 3; p. 377
Main Authors Cantor, C H, Hill, M A
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England 01.09.1990
Subjects
Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Cross-Sectional Studies
Drowning - mortality
Female
Humans
Incidence
Male
Middle Aged
Personality Disorders - mortality
Queensland - epidemiology
Safety
Schizophrenia - mortality
Suicide - prevention & control
Suicide - statistics & numerical data
Queensland
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Summary:The opening of a new high river bridge in Brisbane allowed a naturalistic experimental testing of whether the sample engaging in suicidal behaviour from the new bridge was similar to that from the adjoining older bridge. Substantial differences were found for the two samples. This suggests that persons prevented from jumping from one bridge, for example by a barrier, will not automatically jump from the alternative bridge although a minority may do so.
ISSN:0004-8674
1440-1614
DOI:10.3109/00048679009077705