Interventions
Understand the potential interventions for at-risk patients
Clinicians can visit How to Counsel to learn best practices for having these discussions.
Safe Storage
If guns are kept in the home, storing them safely can prevent firearm injury
Temporary Firearm Transfers
Storing guns outside the home when someone is at risk can be lifesaving
Mental Health Holds
Mental health holds can help people at risk of suicide or violence get into psychiatric care
Tarasoff Statute
Psychotherapists have a duty to protect third parties from violence threatened by their patients
Civil Protective Orders
Protective orders can remove firearms from dangerous situations
Hospital-Based Violence Intervention Programs
HVIPs weave social care into medical care to prevent recurrent firearm injury