+ Access to firearms and risk for suicide in middle-aged and older adults
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Conwell, Yeates / Duberstein, Paul R. / Connor, Kenneth / Eberly, Shirley / Cox, Christopher / Caine, Eric D.
- Date:
- 2002
- Publication:
- American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry
- Topics:
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Gender, Gun Carrying, Local, Suicide
- Keywords:
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Psychological Autopsy, Weapons, handguns, risk for suicide, suicide prevention
The authors evaluated the association between suicide risk and access to and storage of firearms in this psychological autopsy study of 86 suicide victims older than 50 and 86 community control subjects...
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+ Managing suicide risk in late life - Access to firearms as a public health risk
- Author:
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Oslin DW / Zubritsky C / Brown G / Mullahy M / Puliafico A / Ten Have T
- Date:
- 2004
- Publication:
- American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry
- Topics:
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Local, Mental Health, Storage, Suicide
- Keywords:
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Depression, Elderly, Gun availability, Home, suicidal ideation
In this cross-sectional study, the authors explored the prevalence of gun availability among older primary-care patients and especially, the prevalence of gun ownership among those with and without significant...
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