The National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) is partnering with a national suicide prevention organization, called the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. The subject of suicide is a sensitive one, especially among gun rights advocates. And while many gun owners recognize the problem — that some two-thirds of all firearms deaths are self-inflicted — they are… Read More
This Viewpoint discusses the apparent association between a reduction of psychiatric beds and increasing suicide rates in the United States, and proposes an expansion of inpatient psychiatric treatment facilities as a component of a national suicide prevention strategy. Source: Decline in Psychiatric Beds and Increase in US Suicide Rates | Psychiatry | JAMA | The… Read More
This is a shocking graph that indicates according to the CDC that middle school kids are more likely to die from suicide then motor vehicle accidents. This is from MMWR Source: QuickStats: Death Rates for Motor Vehicle Traffic Injury, Suicide, and Homicide Among Children and Adolescents aged 10–14 Years — United States, 1999–2014 |… Read More
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