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Disarming Domestic Abusers
This article proposes strategies to disarm domestic abusers, description of current and recommended legislation that would prohibit perpetrators of intimate partner violence from owning or possessing firearms, and litigation strategies to ensure meaningful enforcement.
2020 National Veteran Suicide Prevention Annual Report
This report reviews and analyzes Veteran suicide data from 2005 to 2018, overall and across categories, including the number of suicide deaths, the average number of suicides per day, suicide rates by race and ethnicity, and data in the situational context of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.
The Patterns Behind Mass Shootings and the Creation of The Violence Project
In this podcast, Dr. Jillian Peterson, President and Co-Founder of The Violence Project, joins The Ontic Protective Intelligence Podcast with Fred Burton to discuss pathways to violence and the prevention of mass shootings.
The Task Force on Mass Shootings and Assault Weapons
This report reviews and provides recommendations on firearm legislation, the connection between domestic violence and mass shootings and between mental health and mass shootings, and the regulation of the sale and transfer of guns, accessories, and ammunition.
A Guide for Parents- Mental Health and Preventing Unauthorized Access to Firearms
A parents' guide on how to approach mental health care and suicide prevention with children detailing the warning signs, appropriate responses, and safety steps for addressing lethal means access.
Evaluation of a Hospital-based Youth Violence Intervention
This study examines an intervention, a violence-prevention consultation, for hospital-based youth victims of nondomestic violence.
DBT Firearm Lethal Means Safety Counseling Teaching Notes
Provider manual of multi-session dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) treatment intervention for clinicians working with clients at risk for suicide by firearms
DBT Firearm Lethal Means Safety Counseling Handouts and Worksheets
Handouts and worksheets of multi-session dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) treatment intervention for clinicians working with clients at risk for suicide by firearms
Staying Out of the Way: Perceptions of Digital Non-Emergency Medical Transportation Services, Barriers, and Access to Care Among Young Black Male Survivors of Firearm Violence
This study looks at addressing transportation as a secondary barrier faced by low-income young Black male survivors of violent injury trying to access CBT and mentoring services through HVIPs.
SAFER brief community intervention: a primary suicide prevention strategy to improve firearm and medication storage behaviour
This study examined an intervention called Signpost, Assess, Facts, Emotion, Recommend (SAFER) designed to motivate changes in behavior to securely store firearms and medications to prevent future suicide. It determined the feasability to implement the intervention in community-based settings such as gun shows, and aiming at high risk individuals for suicide such as veterans and middle-aged men.
Gun-Related and Other Violent Crime After Involuntary Commitment and Short-Term Emergency Holds
This article examines the long-term risk of firearm-related and other violent crime in a large sample of adults with serious mental illness in Florida while also exploring policy implications.
Increases in Actual Health Care Costs and Claims After Firearm Injury
This before-after study explored the burden of firearm injury on the healthcare system.