Psychiatric News (8/9) reports, “When patients receiving mental health care were asked to complete a standardized questionnaire that asked whether they had access to guns, most provided a response,” investigators concluded after compiling “data on 128,802 patients who completed these questionnaires at either a primary care or mental health clinic between 2016 and 2019.” The study revealed that “overall, 83.4% of patients in primary care clinics and 91.8% of those in mental health clinics answered the question on access; in both settings those who did not respond were more likely to be older, male, live in a rural setting, and/or have a recent substance use disorder diagnosis.” The findings were published online Aug. 6 in JAMA Health Forum.
Related Links:
— “Mental Health Patients Found Willing to Answer Routine Question on Firearm Access, Psychiatric News, August 9, 2021