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Hear from experts working to reduce firearm injury
Physician Documentation of Access to Firearms in Suicidal Patients in the Emergency Department
Cross-sectional study of emergency department patients that aims to quantify emergency physician team documentation of patient access to firearms.
Firearm Storage in Homes With Children With Self-Harm Risk Factors
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.
Firearm suicide among youth in the United States, 2004-2015
Article discussing firearm accessibility in children and strategies to limit firearm access in greater risk youth.
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.
Firearm Storage Practices Among American Veterans
Study that describes firearm storage practices and correlates of those practices among U.S. Veteran firearm owners to better inform suicide prevention initiatives.
Suicide risk in bipolar disorder during treatment with lithium and divalproex
Retrospective cohort study that compares the suicide risk during treatment with lithium and treatment with divalproex.
The lifetime risk of suicide in schizophrenia: a reexamination
Article that reexamines the lifetime suicide prevalence in patients with schizophrenia.
Contextual Factors Associated With County-Level Suicide Rates in the United States, 1999 to 2016
Article looking at suicide rates during an 18-year period stratified by rural-urban location to understand suicide and targeted suicide prevention efforts.
Characteristics of impulsive suicide attempts and attempters
Article investigating characteristics of impulsive suicide.
Guns and suicide in the United States
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.
Household Gun Ownership and Youth Suicide Rates at the State Level, 2005-2015
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.
Extreme Risk Protection Orders: An Opportunity to Improve Gun Violence Prevention Training
Article that reviews physician effectiveness in risk assessment, medical education on gun violence prevention, and the capacity to improve physician risk assessment training.