The past 20 years have seen dramatic rises in suicide rates in the United States and other
countries around the world. These trends have been identified as a public health crisis in …

Community gun violence persists as a daily reality for many youth in low-income urban
communities. While most gun violence research has focused on the direct victims of firearm …

Understanding the burden of gun violence among youth is a public health imperative. While
most estimates are based on direct and witnessed victimization, living nearby gun violence …

Introduction Childhood exposure to neighborhood firearm violence adversely affects mental
and physical health across the life course. Study objectives were to (1) quantify racial …

Prior research has illustrated the importance of some types of local community crime for
adolescents' outcomes. However, we have little knowledge about the extent to which gun …

The burden of firearm homicide in the United States is not evenly distributed across the
population; rather, it disproportionately affects youth in disadvantaged and marginalized …

To promote health equity among Black youth exposed to community violence, it is critical
that psychologists partner with other health care professionals and communities with lived …

The adverse impacts of community firearm violence in the US are unequally felt across
geographic and various sociodemographic segments of our population. Researchers …

The purpose of this study is to determine how Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)
influence the age of sexual debut and the age of substance use initiation among a sample of …

Firearm-related violence is the leading cause of death for adolescents and can have lifelong
ramifications, including to one's mental health and well-being. Through a scoping review of …