ReviewLancet (London, England)2012
Means restriction for suicide prevention.
Review in Lancet (London, England), 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05657119 (Family Safety Net), which is not on this map. Cited by 185 papers, 11 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Family Safety Net: Developing an Upstream Suicide Prevention Approach to Encourage Safe Firearm Storage in Rural and Remote
Who cites it
185 citing papers in PubMed, 11 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Social Determinants of Health and Suicide-Related Outcomes: A Review of Meta-Analyses.JAMA psychiatry · 2025Pooled it
- Pharmacological and somatic treatment effects on suicide in adults: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Depression and anxiety · 2022Pooled it
- Association Between Means Restriction of Poison and Method-Specific Suicide Rates: A Systematic Review.JAMA health forum · 2021Pooled it
- Improving Suicide Prevention Through Evidence-Based Strategies: A Systematic Review.The American journal of psychiatry · 2021Pooled it
- Toxicoepidemiology of poisoning exhibited in Indian population from 2010 to 2020: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMJ open · 2021Pooled it
- Impact on Nonfirearm Deaths of Firearm Laws Affecting Firearm Deaths: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.American journal of public health · 2020Pooled it
- Means restriction for the prevention of suicide on roads.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2020Pooled it
- The research output on child and adolescent suicide in Brazil: a systematic review of the literature.Revista brasileira de psiquiatria (Sao Paulo, Brazil : 1999) · 2020Pooled it
- Means restriction for the prevention of suicide by jumping.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2020Pooled it
- Pooled it
- Interventions to reduce suicides at suicide hotspots: a systematic review.BMC public health · 2013Pooled it
- Tailored Activation of Middle-Aged Men to Promote Discussion of Recent Active Suicide Thoughts: a Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of general internal medicine · 2020Trial
- Effectiveness of household lockable pesticide storage to reduce pesticide self-poisoning in rural Asia: a community-based, cluster-randomised controlled trial.Lancet (London, England) · 2017Trial
- Demographic, Psychiatric, and Toxicological Factors Associated With Intentional Poisoning: A Cross-Sectional Study of Hospital Emergency Department Registry Data.Health science reports · 2026Article
- A multi-method evaluation of trait and state-sensitive impulsivity in relation to impulsiveness of suicide attempts and non-suicidal self-injury in an adolescent clinical sample.Journal of mood and anxiety disorders · 2026Article
- Suicide mortality among adolescents and young adults aged 10-24 years in the Americas, 2000-2021: an analysis using the WHO Global Health Estimates.Lancet regional health. Americas · 2026Article
- Unpacking contextual changes underlying self-injurious thoughts and behaviors among bullying-involved adolescents and young adults in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic.BMC psychology · 2026Article
- The Impact of Job Strain on Occupational Access to Firearms and Firearm-Related Suicide Among US Workers.American journal of industrial medicine · 2026Article
- Impact of legislation of suicide prevention act on suicide rates in the Republic of Korea: an interrupted time-series analysis.BMC public health · 2026Article
- Mental Health in Spanish Veterinarians: Emotional Exhaustion, Affective Symptomatology, and Suicidal Ideation.European journal of investigation in health, psychology and education · 2026Article
125 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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Abstract
Limitation of access to lethal methods used for suicide--so-called means restriction--is an important population strategy for suicide prevention. Many empirical studies have shown that such means restriction is effective. Although some individuals might seek other methods, many do not; when they do, the means chosen are less lethal and are associated with fewer deaths than when more dangerous ones are available. We examine how the spread of information about suicide methods through formal and informal media potentially affects the choices that people make when attempting to kill themselves. We also discuss the challenges associated with implementation of means restriction and whether numbers of deaths by suicide are reduced.
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