Division of Mental Health, Medical Corps, IDF, Ramat Gan, Israel.
Suicide Life Threat Behav. 2010 Oct;40(5):421-4. doi: 10.1521/suli.2010.40.5.421.
The use of firearms is a common means of suicide. We examined the effect of a policy change in the Israeli Defense Forces reducing adolescents' access to firearms on rates of suicide. Following the policy change, suicide rates decreased significantly by 40%. Most of this decrease was due to decrease in suicide using firearms over the weekend. There were no significant changes in rates of suicide during weekdays. Decreasing access to firearms significantly decreases rates of suicide among adolescents. The results of this study illustrate the ability of a relatively simple change in policy to have a major impact on suicide rates.
枪支的使用是一种常见的自杀方式。我们研究了以色列国防军（IDF）改变政策减少青少年获取枪支途径对自杀率的影响。政策改变后，自杀率显著下降了 40%。这一下降主要归因于周末枪支自杀率的显著下降。而工作日的自杀率则没有显著变化。减少青少年获取枪支的途径显著降低了青少年的自杀率。本研究结果表明，政策的相对简单改变就能对自杀率产生重大影响。
