Suicide Rates Among Adolescents and Young Adults in the United States, 2000-2017

Re:Suicide Rates Among Adolescents and Young Adults in the U... by lmm on Monday June 24, 2019 @12:47PM (#20265539)

We know fences reduce numbers of suicides. That tells us nothing about what effect they have on numbers of people living fulfilling lives.

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Re:Suicide Rates Among Adolescents and Young Adults in the U... by DanBC on Tuesday June 25, 2019 @04:33AM (#20272172)

Heightened suicide risk is often short term and situation specific.

I didn't say this (because I thought it was obvious) but installing fences is not meant to make people happier. It's meant to reduce access to means and methods. This is part, but only part, of preventing suicide.

It's a very important part, and it's the bit that we have best evidence for.

In the short term it's the bit that has most impact.

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Re:Suicide Rates Among Adolescents and Young Adults in the U... by lmm on Tuesday June 25, 2019 @09:15AM (#20273832)

> I didn't say this (because I thought it was obvious) but installing fences is not meant to make people happier.

That's not what the post you replied to was saying. The worry is that being "fenced in" would actively make people less happy.

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Re:Suicide Rates Among Adolescents and Young Adults in the U... by SomeOldThrow on Monday June 24, 2019 @01:30PM (#20266072)

I'd actually be pretty shocked if fences did have an impact on suicide rate, only on that type of suicide in that immediate area.

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