 | THE CLINICAL SCIENCE OF SUICIDE PREVENTION
Copyright © 2001 by the New York Academy of Sciences
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Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 932:225-240 (2001)
© 2001 New York Academy of Sciences
Firearms and Suicide
David A. Brent
Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Address for correspondence: David A. Brent, M.D., Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, 3811 O'Hara Street, Suite 112, Pittsburg, PA 15213, Voice: 412-624-5172; fax: 412-624-7997.
brentda{at}msx.upmc.edu
The evidence linking firearms in the home to risk for suicide is reviewed. These data come from epidemiological, case-control, quasiexperimental, and prospective studies. The convergent finding from this wide range of studies is that there is a strong relationship between firearms in the home and risk for suicide, most firmly established in the United States.
Key Words: Firearms • Risk of suicide • Adolescent suicide • Gun control legislation
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