Introduction to the Transaction Edition
Preface
1. Preventing Suicide
The Nature of the Problem
Strategies for Preventing Suicide
Reducing Access to Lethal Agents
The Research Plan
The Ethics of Preventing Suicide
Conclusions
2. Detoxification of Domestic Gas
Detoxification in England and Wales (Study 1)
Detoxification in Scotland and the Netherlands (Study 2)
Detoxification in the United States (Study 3)
Conclusions
3. The Toxicity of Car Exhaust
Car Exhaust Suicides in the United States (Study 4)
Comparison of the United States and Great Britain (Study 5)
Conclusions
4. Firearm Availability and Suicide
Suicide and Estimates of Gun Availability in the United States (Study 6)
A Further Attempt to Estimate Gun Availability (Study 7)
A Comparison of the United States and Australia (Study 8)
Gun Ownership in the United States and Suicide Rates from 1959 to 1984
(Study 9)
Conclusions
5. Handgun Control Statutes
Earlier Research on Gun Control Laws
Coding and Scaling the Gun Laws
Handgun Control and Deaths from Suicide (Study 10)
Characteristics of The Handgun Laws (Study 11)
Availability of Guns and Moral Opposition to Suicide (Study 12)
Conclusions
6. Displacement Between Methods
The Concept of Displacement
Evidence from the Present Studies
Availability of Drugs
Conclusions
7. Explaining Choice of Method
Availability and Accessibility
Suggestion and Symbolism
Personal Requirements and Cultural Norms
Choice Structuring Properties of Methods of Suicide
Perception of Different Methods (Study 13)
Reasons for Choice of Method (Study 14)
Conclusions
8. Implications for Theory and Prevention
A Decision Theory of Suicide
A Public Health Approach to Prevention
Suicide-Proofing the Environment
Reducing Acceptability and Suggestion
Conclusions
References
Index
