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DanBC on April 20, 2018 | parent | context | favorite | on: In India, high-pressure exams are creating a stude...

The most important suicide prevention measure is to reduce access to means and methods.

If people in India are hanging themselves from ceiling fans a safer fan would be an important suicide prevention measure.

Why is it "stupid"?

sonaltr on April 20, 2018 [–]

I'd say the most important measure would be to fix the root cause.

If kids don't have access to fans, they'll find something else.

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