Firearm suicides and availability of firearms: the Swiss experience

V Ajdacic-Gross; M Killias; U Hepp; S Haymoz; M Bopp; F Gutzwiller; W Rössler

doi:10.1016/j.eurpsy.2010.04.006

Firearm suicides and availability of firearms: the Swiss experience

Eur Psychiatry. 2010 Nov;25(7):432-4. doi: 10.1016/j.eurpsy.2010.04.006.

Authors

V Ajdacic-Gross¹, M Killias, U Hepp, S Haymoz, M Bopp, F Gutzwiller, W Rössler

Affiliation

¹ Research Unit for Clinical and Social Psychiatry, Psychiatric University Hospital, Militärstrasse 8, Zürich, Switzerland.

PMID: 20621451
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpsy.2010.04.006

Abstract

This study aimed to examine the association between the availability of firearms at home, and the proportion of firearm suicides in Switzerland in an ecological analysis. The data series were analysed by canton and yielded a fairly high correlation (Spearman's rho=0.60). Thus, the association holds also at a sub-national level.

MeSH terms

Firearms / statistics & numerical data*
Humans
Suicide / statistics & numerical data*
Suicide Prevention
Switzerland