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Assessing Competency for Concealed-Weapons Permits — The Physician’s Role
Given the limited available knowledge regarding medical and physical conditions precluding patient from owning guns, a group of physicians explore the legal, ethical, and policy considerations that doctors make when determining whether a patient can be cleared to own a firearm.
Armed and Aging: Dementia and Firearms do not Mix!
This paper encourages physicians and social workers to create evaluation strategies for patients with dementia to prevent firearm injuries.
Are Household Firearms Stored Safely? It Depends on Whom You Ask
This study used random surveys of households across the US to determine gun storage practices in gun-owning homes with children, finding that gun owners were far more likely to report that guns were safely stored while non-gun users were more likely to report that guns were not safely kept in the home.
Anticipatory Guidance and Violence Prevention: Results from Family and Pediatrician Focus Groups
In order to develop more effective guidelines on violence prevention in relation to firearm use and corporal punishment, the American Academy of Pediatrics use focus groups with parents and physicians to examine issues surrounding the delivery of anticipatory guidance on violence prevention.
American Preferences for “Smart” Guns versus Traditional Weapons: Results from a Nationwide Survey
Building on prior research on gun ownership preferences, this research found that multiple demographic factors influence respondents' opinions on smart guns versus traditional guns.
America’s Complex Relationship With Guns
In an effort to elucidate America's complicated relationship to firearms, this Pew Research Center sheds light on many aspects of gun ownership in the US, from reasons for keeping firearms to the demographics of those who choose or choose not to buy firearms.
Alcohol-related Risk of Suicidal Ideation, Suicide Attempt, and Completed Suicide: A Meta-analysis
This systematic review found that alcohol use disorder is an important predictor of suicidal ideation, suicide attempt, as well as completed suicide.
Alcohol-Related Crimes And Risk Of Arrest For Intimate Partner Violence Among California Handgun Purchasers
Firearms and alcohol consumption have been found to contribute to the risk and severity of intimate partner violence. This study found that those with firearms who had been previously arrested for driving under the influence (DUI) were nearly three times more likely to be subsequently arrested for intimate partner violence compared to those owning guns with no prior DUI record.
Alcohol Use and Change Over Time in Firearm Safety Among Families with Young Children
Improper storage of firearms in homes is a health risk for children. This study found that while most parents were more likely to adopt safe firearm storage practices as their children aged, parents who used alcohol were less likely to do the same.
Alcohol May Not Cause Partner Violence But It Seems to Make It Worse: A Cross National Comparison of the Relationship Between Alcohol and Severity of Partner Violence
As part of the Gender, Alcohol and Culture: An International Study (GENACIS) project, this paper found that higher levels of alcohol were associated with greater aggression severity in instances of physical partner aggression.
Alcohol as an Acute Risk Factor for Recent Suicide Attempts: A Case-Crossover Analysis
Alcohol has been hypothesized to be a risk factor for suicide, and this study found that individuals were at a higher risk of suicide soon after consuming alcohol.
Alcohol and Drug use in Suicidal Behavior
This review found a distal causal role for alcohol and substance use disorders on suicidal behavior, though their effect on triggering proximal suicidal behaviors was less clear.