Behaviours preceding suicides at railway and underground locations: a multimethodological qualitative approach.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Suicides by train have devastating consequences for families, the rail industry, staff dealing with the aftermath of such incidents and potential witnesses. To reduce suicides and suicide attempts by rail, it is important to learn how safe interventions can be made. However, very little is known about how to identify someone who may be about to make a suicide attempt at a railway location (including underground/subways). The current research employed a novel way of understanding what behaviours might immediately precede a suicide or suicide attempt at these locations.

Design and methods

A qualitative thematic approach was used for three parallel studies. Data were gathered from several sources, including interviews with individuals who survived a rail suicide atte

SUBMITTER: Mackenzie JM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5898325 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature