Suicide Prevention May Be Broadened By Broaching Issue Of Access To Guns With Patients
In an effort to create safer environments for potentially suicidal individuals, researchers at Harvard School of Public Health demonstrate how physicians can broaden their treatment of such patients to address not only their mental illness but also the patients’ access to guns and other lethal means. Such an approach could dramatically reduce suicide fatalities.
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Filed under: Mental Health on September 8th, 2008