Clinical approaches to the prevention of firearm-related injury

PM Carter, RM Cunningham - New England Journal of Medicine, 2024 - Mass Medical Soc
Key Points Clinical Approaches to Prevention of Firearm-Related Injury Injury by firearm is
preventable. Clinicians can reduce patients' risks of firearm-related injury and death using …

Youth suicide and preceding mental health diagnosis

S Chaudhary, JA Hoffmann, CD Pulcini… - JAMA network …, 2024 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Suicide is a leading cause of death among US youths, and mental health
disorders are a known factor associated with increased suicide risk. Knowledge about …

The relationship between prior suicidality, criminal behavior, and current household gun access among adolescents: Does race moderate the relationship?

AM Watkins - Children and Youth Services Review, 2025 - Elsevier
Prior empirical research has generally focused on suicidality or criminal behavior as
possible correlates of household gun access among adolescents but not both, and this …

Improving documentation of firearm access during pediatric emergency visits for suicidal ideation

S Kemal, T Lennon, NJ Simon, K Kaczor, M Hilliard… - …, 2024 - publications.aap.org
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Approximately half of youth suicides involve firearms.
The promotion of safe firearm storage in the home through lethal means counseling reduces …

[HTML][HTML] Exposure to potentially lethal weapons and drugs among US adolescents with recent depressive symptoms or suicidality in the Adolescent Behaviors and …

J Hudgins, C Mannix, R Mannix - Psychiatry research, 2024 - Elsevier
The scope of lethal means exposure (ie guns, intravenous drugs, prescription drugs) relative
to depressive symptoms and suicidality in adolescents is not well described. Using the …

Cumulative Health Vulnerabilities Among Adolescents by Age and Neighborhood Opportunity

G DiFiore, S Wood, BP Jenssen, AG Fiks… - Pediatrics, 2023 - publications.aap.org
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Early detection of health vulnerabilities in adolescents is
integral to promoting healthy behaviors into adulthood. Our objective was to quantify the …

Externalizing Behaviors/Violence Exposure and Suicide Among US Adolescents

VA Joseph, NT Kreski, KM Keyes - American Journal of Preventive …, 2025 - Elsevier
Introduction This study examines associations between externalizing behaviors/violence
exposure and suicidal behavior among US high school students from 1991 to 2021 …

Emergency department utilization by youth before and after firearm injury

S Kemal, RE Cash, KA Michelson… - Academic …, 2025 - Wiley Online Library
Background Emergency department (ED) visits may serve as opportunities for firearm injury
prevention and intervention efforts. Our objective was to determine ED utilization by youth …

The impact of history of depression and access to weapons on suicide risk assessment: a comparison of ChatGPT-3.5 and ChatGPT-4

S Shinan-Altman, Z Elyoseph, I Levkovich - PeerJ, 2024 - peerj.com
The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of ChatGPT-3.5 and ChatGPT-4 in
incorporating critical risk factors, namely history of depression and access to weapons, into …

Acceptability and feasibility of video-based firearm safety education in a Colorado emergency department for caregivers of adolescents in firearm-owning households

M Haasz, ME Betz, L Ambroggio… - Injury …, 2024 - injuryprevention.bmj.com
Background Easy firearm access increases injury risk among adolescents. We evaluated the
acceptability and feasibility of improving knowledge of a 3 min safe firearm storage …