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The study do highlight some conditions. Means restriction is mostly effective when the suicide method is common and highly lethal, its more effective in reducing suicide for women then for men, and when the specific means restriction need to be culturally supported. The specific method also need to be popularly known among the population.

Import note that the study does actually not compare alternative suicide-prevention strategies. It is a meta study of mean restriction and not a meta study of suicide-prevention strategies. It does not compare the effectiveness of healthcare, reducing risk factors, hotlines and others suicide-prevention strategies.