Rate Of Suicide Among Women Living In Previously Handgun-Free Homes May Increase Substantially When A Cohabitant Acquires A Handgun, Researchers Say

Psychiatric News (4/28) reports, “The rate of suicide among women living in previously handgun-free homes increased substantially when a cohabitant acquired a handgun,” researchers concluded after conducting “an observational cohort study involving 9.5 million adult women (average age, 41.6 years) in California who did not own guns.” The findings were published online April 27 in JAMA Psychiatry.

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— “Suicide Rate Among Women Increases When Gun Added to Home, Psychiatric News, April 28, 2022

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