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Chapter 29.Suicide and Firearms

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    https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.books.9781615375288.lg29

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    Lethality and Means of Suicide | How Means Restrictions Works | Strategies for Restriction of Firearms to Reduce Suicide Mortality | Suicide Risk Assessment, Firearms, and Firearm Safety Planning | Anticipatory Guidance | New Approaches to Individual Lethal Means Restriction | Conclusion | References

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    Firearms are the most common means of suicide in the United States; suicide is also the most common category of death associated with firearms. For the past decade, firearms have consistently been associated with more suicide deaths than all other means of suicide combined. In 2017, 23,854 people died from firearm suicide. This number represents 60% of all deaths due to firearm injury, 50% of all deaths from suicide, and 44.6% of teen deaths from suicide (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2019).

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