Preventing suicide at suicide hotspots: a case study from Australia
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The Gap Park Self‐Harm Minimisation Masterplan project is a collaborative attempt to address jumping suicides at Sydney's Gap Park through means restriction, encouraging help‐seeking, and increasing the likelihood of third‐party intervention. We used various data sources to describe the Masterplan project's processes, impacts, and outcomes. There have been reductions in reported jumps and confirmed suicides, although the trends are not statistically significant. There has been a significant increase in police call‐outs to intervene with suicidal people who have not yet reached the cliff's edge. The collaborative nature of the Masterplan project and its multifaceted approach appear to be reaping benefits.
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- Authors
- Lockley, A., Cheung, Y. T. D., Cox, G., Robinson, J., Williamson, M., Harris, M., Machlin, A., Moffat, C., & Pirkis, J.
- Affiliations
- The University of Melbourne (AU)
- The University of Queensland (AU)
- Woollahra Municipal Council Sydney NSW Australia
- Corresponding author
- Pirkis, Jane
- ORCID
- Venue
- Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2014-02-15
- Volume
- 44
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 392-407
- ISSN
- 0363-0234 (ISSN-L)
- 1943-278X
- OpenAlex
- W2039972604
- Cited by
- 25
- References
- 17
- Citations by year
- 2026: 6 · 2025: 3 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 2 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 3 · 2020: 4 · 2019: 1 · 2018: 1 · 2017: 1 · 2015: 1
- FWCI
- 0.79
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- Locations
- Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Minerva Access (University of Melbourne) (submittedVersion)
- The HKU Scholars Hub (University of Hong Kong) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Injury Epidemiology and Prevention
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Homicide, Infanticide, and Child Abuse
- Keywords
- suicide prevention, suicide hotspots, means restriction, self-harm, help-seeking, third-party intervention, police intervention, Sydney
- MeSH terms
- Suicide Prevention, Australia, Humans, Suicide, Program Evaluation, Police
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