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To reduce student suicides by hanging to fans, institute in India removes fans

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Re: To reduce student suicides by hanging to fans, institute in India removes fans

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Blame the fans, so what is the next thing they will remove, floors above 2nd, sharp objects, electricity? Everything else but not the cause ...

However making suicide harder, does reduce the suicide rate.

https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/means-matter/means-matter/saves...

Re: To reduce student suicides by hanging to fans, institute in India removes fans

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post #3

Blame the fans, so what is the next thing they will remove, floors above 2nd, sharp objects, electricity? Everything else but not the cause ...

However making suicide harder, does reduce the suicide rate. https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/means-matter/means-matter/saves...

and people who wanted to kill himself will eventually do it regardlessly

Re: To reduce student suicides by hanging to fans, institute in India removes fans

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Thi will never cure the underlying cause of suicides, of course, but adding even slight obstacles has proven to have an effect on suicide rates. Many suicides aren't thoughtfully planned out, but are just a combination of motive and easy opportunity. Even adding something as seemingly silly as a moderately difficult to climb fence to a bridge can reduce suicide rates.

This is a fine measure, assuming that it's followed by investment into mental health. I do believe it'll save lives, even if it's just a few, but the necessity proves that there's still a lot that needs to be done.

Re: To reduce student suicides by hanging to fans, institute in India removes fans

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post #7

Thi will never cure the underlying cause of suicides, of course, but adding even slight obstacles has proven to have an effect on suicide rates. Many suicides aren't thoughtfully planned out, but are just a combination of motive and easy opportunity. Even adding something as seemingly silly as a moderately difficult to climb fence to a bridge can reduce suicide rates. This is a fine measure, assuming that it's follow…

It’s a good point. There are places / mechanisms that become iconic and if you remove that or make it harder, people don’t necessarily move to something else.

Palo Alto had a spate of suicides at a particular crossing, so they added guards and fences, and the suicides did not significantly move to other stops.

Re: To reduce student suicides by hanging to fans, institute in India removes fans

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post #3

Blame the fans, so what is the next thing they will remove, floors above 2nd, sharp objects, electricity? Everything else but not the cause ...

However making suicide harder, does reduce the suicide rate. https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/means-matter/means-matter/saves...

However removing the fan ostensibly makes the room warmer, which increases the suicide rate.

https://news.stanford.edu/2018/07/23/warming-temperatures-li...

Re: To reduce student suicides by hanging to fans, institute in India removes fans

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post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

However making suicide harder, does reduce the suicide rate. https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/means-matter/means-matter/saves...

and people who wanted to kill himself will eventually do it regardlessly

That's precisely the opposite of the point being made in the parent comment's link. Do you have any rebuttal to the evidence that source contains?
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