Citation

Niederkrotenthaler T, Till B, Herberth A, Kapusta ND, Voracek M, Dervic K, Etzersdorfer E, Sonneck G. J. Adolesc. Health 2009; 44(1): 90-93.

Affiliation

Department of Medical Psychology, Center for Public Health, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria. thomas.niederkrotenthaler@meduniwien.ac.at

Copyright

(Copyright © 2009, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.jadohealth.2008.05.010

PMID

19101465

Abstract

To assess the impact of the Austrian firearm legislation (1997) on adolescent suicides, we investigated time trends in youth suicide prevalence (1986-2006) with Poisson regression. A temporary increase in firearm suicides after the reform was observed, followed by a continuous decrease. The hypothesis that media reporting triggered the short-term backlash effect is discussed.

Language: en