This Report Will: (a) provide a brief overview of firearm suicide epidemiology, risk factors for suicide, and the evidence in support of temporary risk-based firearm removal for suicide prevention; (b) introduce the concept of lethal means safety counseling, including the best available evidence for its efficacy and the Consortium’s recommendations for its practice; (c) discuss the importance of i. [...] Conceptual model of how reducing access to a highly lethal and commonly used suicide method saves lives at the population level Source: Barber and Miller (2014).48 In recognition of the risks posed by easy access to firearms and other lethal means, leading suicide prevention organizations, such as the Suicide Prevention Resource Center, Suicide Awareness Voices of Education, and the Defense Suicid. [...] Solution: Providers should be educated on suicide and the impact of access to lethal means, basic statistics related to gun ownership and risk of firearms in the home, and suicide risk assessment and interventions that decrease risk, including lethal means safety counseling, to help dispel myths and overcome common misconceptions. [...] Finally, additional translational research is needed to guarantee that lethal means safety counseling is effectively disseminated and used in clinical settings.135 Funding Needed to Support Research Increasing Federal and State Funding and Lifting the Prohibition of CDC funding Research funding is needed to understand the best methods for conducting lethal means safety counseling and the best meth. [...] The result has been an ongoing dearth of federal funding and a chilling effect on gun violence research for the past two decades, to the degree that gun violence, as compared to other leading causes of death, was the second least funded and the least researched cause of death in the US in relation to mortality rates from 2004-2015.137,138 The same language as the Dickey Amendment has also applied.
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