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Peer-Reviewed Article

Physician Documentation of Access to Firearms in Suicidal Patients in the Emergency Department

Naganathan, S., & Mueller, K.
Western Journal of Emergency Medicine., 2019.

Cross-sectional study of emergency department patients that aims to quantify emergency physician team documentation of patient access to firearms.

Peer-Reviewed Article

Firearm Storage in Homes With Children With Self-Harm Risk Factors

Scott, J., Azrael, D., & Miller, M.
Pediatrics., 2018.

Article describing firearm storage practices in homes with children who may have self-harm risk factors, such as those with a history of depression, mental health conditions other than depression, or attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder.

Peer-Reviewed Article

Firearm suicide among youth in the United States, 2004-2015

Schnitzer, P. G., Dykstra, H. K., Trigylidas, T. E., & Lichenstein, R.
Journal of Behavioral Medicine., 2019.

Article discussing firearm accessibility in children and strategies to limit firearm access in greater risk youth.

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Death Rates Due to Suicide and Homicide Among Persons Aged 10–24: United States, 2000–2017

Data from the National Center for Health Sciences (NCHS), National Vital Statistics System show increases in death rates from suicide and homicide.

Peer-Reviewed Article

Firearm Storage Practices Among American Veterans

Simonetti, J. A., Azrael, D., Rowhani-Rahbar, A., et al.
American Journal of Preventive Medicine., 2018.

Study that describes firearm storage practices and correlates of those practices among U.S. Veteran firearm owners to better inform suicide prevention initiatives.

Peer-Reviewed Article

Suicide risk in bipolar disorder during treatment with lithium and divalproex

Goodwin, F. K., Fireman, B., Simon, G. E., et al.
JAMA., 2003.

Retrospective cohort study that compares the suicide risk during treatment with lithium and treatment with divalproex.

Peer-Reviewed Article

The lifetime risk of suicide in schizophrenia: a reexamination

Palmer, B. A., Pankratz, V. S., & Bostwick, J. M.
Archives of General Psychiatry., 2005.

Article that reexamines the lifetime suicide prevalence in patients with schizophrenia.

Peer-Reviewed Article

Contextual Factors Associated With County-Level Suicide Rates in the United States, 1999 to 2016

Steelesmith, D. L., Fontanella, C. A., Campo, J. V., et al.
JAMA Network Open., 2019.

Article looking at suicide rates during an 18-year period stratified by rural-urban location to understand suicide and targeted suicide prevention efforts.

Peer-Reviewed Article

Characteristics of impulsive suicide attempts and attempters

Simon, T. R., Swann, A. C., Powell, K. E., et al.
Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior., 2002.

Article investigating characteristics of impulsive suicide.

Peer-Reviewed Article

Guns and suicide in the United States

Miller, M., & Hemenway, D.
New England Journal of Medicine., 2008.

A perspective article that discusses the link between suicide and firearms in the home and the physician's role in risk assessment after a Supreme Court 2008 ruling on handgun ownership.

Peer-Reviewed Article

Household Gun Ownership and Youth Suicide Rates at the State Level, 2005-2015

Knopov, A., Sherman, R. J., Raifman, J. R., et al.
American Journal of Preventative Medicine., 2019.

Article that investigates the relationship between the prevalence of household gun ownership in a state and the youth suicide rates of that state to inform policy.

Peer-Reviewed Article

Extreme Risk Protection Orders: An Opportunity to Improve Gun Violence Prevention Training

Gondi, S., Pomerantz, A. G., & Sacks, C. A.
Academic Medicine., 2019.

Article that reviews physician effectiveness in risk assessment, medical education on gun violence prevention, and the capacity to improve physician risk assessment training.

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