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APA Resources for Coping with Mass Shootings, Understanding Gun Violence

Resources by the American Psychological Association (APA) to help those suffering from the distress of mass shootings and help understand firearm violence.

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A Guide to Mass Shootings in America

Mother Jones guide to mass shootings in America with open-source database documenting mass shootings and discussing analytical findings.

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VA Lethal Means Safety Training Video

Training course and resources on lethal means safety for clinicians and Veteran Health Affairs facility coordinators.

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Understanding Risk and Protective Factors for Suicide: A Primer for Preventing Suicide

Critical care information for clinicians on identifying risk and protective factors to assess and manage suicide risk in individuals.

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Veteran Affairs: PREVENTS

The President's Roadmap to Empower Veterans and End a National Tragedy of Suicide (PREVENTS) focuses on a public health approach to preventing suicide among veterans and suicide members.

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CALM: Counseling on Access to Lethal Means

Training course provided by the Suicide Prevention Resource Center (SPRC) on how to reduce access to lethal means for people at risk for suicide.

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Means Matter: Recommendations for Clinicians

Recommendations for clinicians on lethal means counseling for patients at risk of suicide.

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Law Enforcement Agencies’ Perceptions of the Benefits of and Barriers to Temporary Firearm Storage to Prevent Suicide

Brooks-Russell, A., Runyan, C., Betz, M. E., et al.
American Journal of Public Health, 2019

This article discusses the perceived benefits and barriers to providing voluntary and temporary firearm transfer and storage by law enforcement agencies.

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2012 National Strategy for Suicide Prevention: Goals and Objectives for Action

The National Strategy is a joint effort by the Office of the U.S. Surgeon General and Action Alliance to guide suicide prevention actions in the United States with goals and objectives for action. States

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Tarasoff and the clinician: problems in fulfilling the duty to protect

Appelbaum, P. S.
American Journal of Psychiatry., 1985.

Guidelines to dealing with the Tarasoff doctrine and presentation of a three-part model--identifying the requirements of assessment, selection of a course of action, and implementation with clinical case examples.

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No Duty to Warn in California: Now Unambiguously Solely a Duty to Protect

Weinstock, R., Bonnici, D., Seroussi, A., et al.
Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law., 2014.

This article clarifies information about the Tarasoff duty in California law and therapists' clinical practice and duties after a determination that their patients are at risk for acting dangerously.

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Back to the Past in California: A Temporary Retreat to a Tarasoff Duty to Warn

Weinstock, R., Vari, G., Leong, G. B., et al.
Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law., 2006.

A historical synopsis of the Tarasoff duty to warn in California before the 2004 decisions and recent efforts in healthcare to remedy the legislation.

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