Psychiatric News (6/11) reports research indicates that “handgun ownership is associated with an elevated risk of suicide by firearm, particularly immediately after the gun is acquired.” For the study, investigators “tracked firearm ownership and mortality over 12 years (2004-2016) among 26.3 million adults in California.” The findings were published online June 4 in the New England Journal of Medicine. According to Psychiatric News, the authors of an accompanying editorial posited that “assessments of suicide risk should include questions about recent gun ownership and access to firearms, for example, and women, as well as men, should be questioned about gun ownership.”
Related Links:
— “Suicide Risk Increases Immediately After Gun Purchase, Psychiatric News, June 11, 2020