@article{ref1,
title="Railroad suicides and attempted suicides in Austria 1990-1994: Extending the hypothesis mass media transmission of suicidal behavior",
journal="Nervenarzt",
year="1997",
author="Deisenhammer, Eberhard A. and Kemmler, G. and De Col, C. and Fleischhacker, W. Wolfgang and Hinterhuber, H.",
volume="68",
number="1",
pages="67-73",
abstract="Suicide on railways (either by being run over by or jumping in front of a train) is one of the &quot;hardest' suicide methods. In Austria, 617 suicides or attempted suicides on railways were registered between 1990 and 1994. This amounts to 5.73% of all suicides committed in this period with women showing a higher percentage than men. In both men and women there was a predominance of younger age groups; the mean age was higher in women than in men (48.0 vs 40.4 years). There was a significant increase in suicides or attempted suicides on railways after a television report on the stress suffered by train drivers concerning possible suicides. Persuading the mass media to treat the subject of &quot;suicide' with reserve and with greater caution, even when not presenting a distinct suicide model, may be of importance in general suicide prevention.<p /> <p>Language: de</p>",
language="de",
issn="0028-2804",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}