Sunday, May 22, 2011

Four Times a Week, Suicides on Train Tracks

About four times a week in the Netherlands, someone commits suicide on railroad tracks. This results from a study by psychiatrist Cornelis van Houwelingen. He found that in big cities in particular and close to institutions for psychiatric care there is a bigger risk for suicides on railroad tracks. According to Van Houwelingen, at least two thirds of people who commit suicide have psychiatric problems. He has identified 60 specific risk locations.
www.volkskrant.nl/vk/nl/2680/Economie/article/detail/2433564/2011/05/18/ProRail-wil-zelfmoord-op-spoor-terugdringen.dhtml

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