Reisch Thomas, Michel Konrad
University Psychiatric Services of Bern, Switzerland.
Suicide Life Threat Behav. 2005 Aug;35(4):460-7. doi: 10.1521/suli.2005.35.4.460.
The city of Bern has a high percentage of suicides by jumping (28.6%). Related to other local hotspots, the highest number of deaths (mean 2.5 per year) is found at the Muenster Terrace in the old city. In 1998, after a series of suicides, a safety net was built to prevent people from leaping from the terrace and to avoid further traumatization of people living in the street below. We analyzed the numbers of suicides by jumping before and after the installation of the net. We also assessed the number of media reports referring to this suicide method. After the installation of the net no suicides occurred from the terrace. The number of people jumping from all high places in Bern was significantly lower compared to the years before, indicating that no immediate shift to other nearby jumping sites took place. Furthermore, we found a moderate correlation between the number of media reports and the number of persons resident outside Bern committing suicide by jumping from high places in the city.
伯尔尼市通过跳楼自杀的比例很高（28.6%）。与其他当地热点地区相比，老城明斯特露台的死亡人数最多（平均每年2.5人）。1998年，在一系列自杀事件发生后，安装了一张安全网，以防止人们从露台上跳下，并避免对住在下面街道上的人造成进一步的创伤。我们分析了安装安全网前后通过跳楼自杀的人数。我们还评估了提及这种自杀方式的媒体报道数量。安装安全网后，露台上没有发生自杀事件。与之前的年份相比，伯尔尼所有高处的跳楼人数显著减少，这表明没有立即转移到附近的其他跳楼地点。此外，我们发现媒体报道的数量与居住在伯尔尼以外的人从该市高处跳楼自杀的人数之间存在适度的相关性。
