Efforts to Prevent Railway Suicides in Denmark: A Pilot Study
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Efforts to Prevent Railway Suicides in Denmark : A Pilot Study. / Erlangsen, Annette; La Cour, Nils; Larsen, Christian Ørbæk; Karlsen, Susanne Skadhauge; Witting, Simon; Ranning, Anne; Wang, August G.; Ørnebjerg, Karen; Schou, Benedicte; Nordentoft, Merete.
In: Crisis, Vol. 44, No. 2, 2023, p. 169–172.Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Efforts to Prevent Railway Suicides in Denmark
T2 - A Pilot Study
AU - Erlangsen, Annette
AU - La Cour, Nils
AU - Larsen, Christian Ørbæk
AU - Karlsen, Susanne Skadhauge
AU - Witting, Simon
AU - Ranning, Anne
AU - Wang, August G.
AU - Ørnebjerg, Karen
AU - Schou, Benedicte
AU - Nordentoft, Merete
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2021 Hogrefe Publishing.
PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - Background: Reviews of camera surveillance systems have demonstrated ambivalent behaviors among people who die by railway suicide. Yet, only few preventive measures have been evaluated. Aims: We aimed to review incidents of suicidal behavior at a Danish railway station, install preventive measures, and monitor subsequent calls to a telephone helpline and reports of suicidal incidences. Method: Suicide incidents at Valby Station during 2012-2018 were reviewed to identify options for preventive measures. Based on these findings, signs encouraging help-seeking and other measures were implemented. Calls to the Danish helpline for suicide prevention and suicidal events at the station were subsequently monitored. Results: The review revealed locations where measures were meaningful and signs, physical barriers, and motion-sensitive lights were installed. Over the following 14 months, no suicide deaths occurred, and the signs were mentioned in 14 calls to the helpline, some of which were made by callers who were evaluated to be at high risk of suicide. Limitations: No direct link between implemented measures and observed outcomes could be established. Conclusion: Installing measures, including signs, at appropriate locations at railway platforms may encourage people in crisis to seek support.
AB - Background: Reviews of camera surveillance systems have demonstrated ambivalent behaviors among people who die by railway suicide. Yet, only few preventive measures have been evaluated. Aims: We aimed to review incidents of suicidal behavior at a Danish railway station, install preventive measures, and monitor subsequent calls to a telephone helpline and reports of suicidal incidences. Method: Suicide incidents at Valby Station during 2012-2018 were reviewed to identify options for preventive measures. Based on these findings, signs encouraging help-seeking and other measures were implemented. Calls to the Danish helpline for suicide prevention and suicidal events at the station were subsequently monitored. Results: The review revealed locations where measures were meaningful and signs, physical barriers, and motion-sensitive lights were installed. Over the following 14 months, no suicide deaths occurred, and the signs were mentioned in 14 calls to the helpline, some of which were made by callers who were evaluated to be at high risk of suicide. Limitations: No direct link between implemented measures and observed outcomes could be established. Conclusion: Installing measures, including signs, at appropriate locations at railway platforms may encourage people in crisis to seek support.
KW - help-seeking
KW - intervention
KW - railway suicides
KW - signposting
U2 - 10.1027/0227-5910/a000827
DO - 10.1027/0227-5910/a000827
M3 - Letter
C2 - 34761996
AN - SCOPUS:85119184313
VL - 44
SP - 169
EP - 172
JO - Crisis: The Journal of Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention
JF - Crisis: The Journal of Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention
SN - 0227-5910
IS - 2
ER -
ID: 285518816