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Is there potentially a greater risk of suicides occurring from one of the bridges after the barriers have come down?

April 26, 2017barriers Bridges greater potentially risk suicides

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Is there potentially a greater risk of suicides occurring from one of the bridges after the barriers have come down?

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Yes, there are studies of situations in which the overall rate of suicides in a given area decreased over a sustained period of time when means restrictions on a known suicide jumping site were in effect, only to have the rate rise again once the means restrictions were abandoned, and decrease again when means restriction was reinstituted.