Suicide

Reports from Griffith University, World Health Organization describe recent advances in suicide

Published in Mental Health Law Weekly, December 12th, 2009

According to a study from Brisbane, Australia, "The 1996 Australian National Firearms Agreement introduced strict access limitations. However, reports on the effectiveness of the new legislation are conflicting."

"This study, accessing all cases of suicide 1997-2004, explores factors which may impact on the choice of firearms as a suicide method, including current licence possession and previous history of legal access. Detailed information on all Queensland suicides (1997-2004) was obtained from the Queensland Suicide Register, with additional details of firearm licence history accessed from the Firearm Registry (Queensland Police Service). were compared against...

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Source: Mental Health Law Weekly (2009-12-12)

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