Seiden R H
Suicide Life Threat Behav. 1978 Winter;8(4):203-16.
The Golden Gate Bridge is currently the number one suicide location in the world. From the opening day, May 18, 1937 to April 1, 1978, there have been 625 officially reported suicide deaths and perhaps more than 200 others which have gone unseen and unreported. Proposals for the construction of a hardware antisuicide barrier have been challenged with the untested contention that "they'll just go someplace else." This research tests the contention by describing and evaluating the long-term mortality experience of the 515 persons who had attempted suicide from the Golden Gate Bridge but were restrained, from the opening day through the year 1971 plus a comparison group of 184 persons who made nonbridge suicide attempts during 1956--57 and were treated at the emergency room of a large metropolitan hospital and were also followed through the close of 1971. Results of the followup study are directed toward answering the important question: "Will a person who is prevented from suicide in one location inexorably tend to attempt and commit suicide elsewhere?"
金门大桥目前是世界上自杀率最高的地点。从1937年5月18日开通之日到1978年4月1日，官方报告的自杀死亡人数达625人，可能还有200多人未被发现和报告。关于建造防止自杀的设施的提议受到了质疑，有人提出未经证实的观点，即“他们会去别的地方”。本研究通过描述和评估从金门大桥开通之日到1971年期间515名试图自杀但被制止的人员的长期死亡率情况，并与184名在1956 - 1957年期间进行非桥上自杀未遂且在一家大型都市医院急诊室接受治疗并一直跟踪到1971年底的对照组进行比较，来验证这一观点。后续研究结果旨在回答一个重要问题：“在一个地点被阻止自杀的人是否必然会倾向于在其他地方尝试自杀并最终自杀成功？”
