Means Matter
The mission of the Means Matter Campaign is to increase the proportion of suicide prevention groups who promote activities that reduce a suicidal person’s access to lethal means of suicide and who develop active partnerships with gun owner groups to prevent suicide.
677 Huntington Ave
Kresge 316
Boston, MA 02115
Means Restriction Overview Bibliography
Beautrais A. The contribution to suicide prevention of restricting access to methods and sites [Editorial]. Crisis. 2007; 28(1)1-3.
Daigle MS. Suicide prevention through means restriction: Assessing the risk of substitution. A critical review and synthesis. Accid Anal Prev. 2005 Jul;37(4):625-32.
Gunnell D and Miller M. Strategies to prevent suicide. British Medical Journal. 2010; 341: 157-158. (editorial re effectiveness of means restriction)
Hawton K. Restricting access to methods of suicide: Rationale and evaluation of this approach to suicide prevention. Crisis. 2007; 28(1):4-9.
Krug E, Dahlberg L, Mercy J, Zwi A, Lozano R, ed. World Report on Violence and Health. World Health Organization: Geneva, 2002. pp 202-203.
Leenaars A, Cantor C, Connolly J, EchoHawk M, Gailiene D, He ZX, Kokorina N, Lester D, Lopatin AA, Rodriguez M, Schlebusch L, Takahashi Y, Vijayakumar L, Wenckstern S. Controlling the environment to prevent suicide: International perspectives. Can J Psychiatry. 2000 Sep;45(7):639-44. Review.
Mann JJ, Apter A, Bertolote J, et al. (2005). Suicide prevention strategies: A systematic review. JAMA, 294, 2064-2074.
McClurg AJ. The public health case for the safe storage of firearms: Adolescent suicides add one more “smoking gun.” Hastings Law Journal. 2000;51:953-1001.