Preventing Suicide in Public Places

Grant number: 1191874 | Funding period: 2020 - 2022

Completed

Abstract

Addressing suicides in public places that have become known as ‘suicide hotspots’ is critical. We will examine which interventions work at hotspots, how and why they work, whether particular features are key to their success, whether they work best in combination with other interventions, whether they have unintended consequences, and whether they are cost-effective. Our research will culminate in a resource that provide practical guidance about how best to deal with suicide hotspots.

Related publications (9)

Trends in, and Risk Factors for, Suicide in Public Places: A 17-Year Case–Control Study in Australia

S Shin, MJ Spittal, A Clapperton, J Pirkis, LS Too

2025-04-01

Objective: To examine factors associated with the choice of public location over home to die by suicide. Methods: This study used ..

Effectiveness of partial restriction of access to means in jumping suicide: lessons from four bridges in three countries

Sangsoo Shin, Jane Pirkis, Angela Clapperton, Matthew Spittal, Lay San Too

2024-09-18

AIMS: Restricting access to means by installing physical barriers has been shown to be the most effective intervention in preventi..

High-Risk Suicide Locations in Australia

LS Too, S Shin, S Mavoa, PCF Law, A Clapperton, L Roberts, E Arensman, MJ Spittal, J Pirkis

2024-06-20

Importance: Although several interventions have been shown to be effective in preventing suicide at high-risk locations, the poten..

Road vehicle collision suicide in Australia: Trends, collision types, and individual characteristics

PCF Law, LS Too, MJ Spittal, J Pirkis, AJ Clapperton

2024-04-01

Background Suicide by road vehicle collision in Australia is under-explored with mixed findings. We aimed to address this research..

Attributable risk of suicide for populations in Australia

Piumee Bandara, Andrew Page, Lennart Reifels, Karolina Krysinska, Karl Andriessen, Marisa Schlichthorst, Anna Flego, Long Khanh-Dao Le, Cathrine Mihalopoulos, Jane Pirkis

2024-01-01

Objective: Each year approximately 3,000 Australians die by suicide. We estimated the population attributable risk for identified ..

The effectiveness of installing trackside fencing in preventing railway suicides: A pre-post study design in Victoria, Australia

A Clapperton, J Dwyer, M Spittal, J Pirkis

2023-12-01

Modelling the cost-effectiveness of brief aftercare interventions following hospital-treated self-harm

Long Khanh-Dao Le, Anna Flego, Karolina Krysinska, Karl Andriessen, Piumee Bandara, Andrew Page, Marisa Schlichthorst, Jane Pirkis, Cathrine Mihalopoulos, Greg Carter, Lennart Reifels

2023-08-01

BACKGROUND: Prior self-harm represents the most significant risk factor for future self-harm or suicide. AIM: To evaluate the c..

Preventing railway suicides through level crossing removal: a multiple-arm pre-post study design in Victoria, Australia

A Clapperton, J Dwyer, MJ Spittal, L Roberts, J Pirkis

2022-11-01

Purpose: Rail level crossing removals to improve transport performance across metropolitan Melbourne (state of Victoria) resulted ..

Cost-effectiveness of Installing Barriers at Bridge and Cliff Sites for Suicide Prevention in Australia

P Bandara, J Pirkis, A Clapperton, S Shin, LS Too, L Reifels, S Onie, A Page, K Andriessen, K Krysinska, A Flego, M Schlichthorst, MJ Spittal, C Mihalopoulos, L Khanh-Dao Le

2022-04-05

IMPORTANCE Installation of barriers has been shown to reduce suicides. To our knowledge, no studies have evaluated the cost-effect..

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