High rates of gun ownership linked with more youth suicides
A nationwide study found that youth suicide is more prevalent in states with higher rates of household gun ownership. After accounting for factors that could contribute to suicide risk, such as depression, alcoholism, and substance abuse, the researchers…
Report: Rising Utah suicide rates propelled by guns
Suicides outnumber homicides in Utah eight to one and the state’s suicide rate has been rising for a decade—with the increase driven by guns, according to a new report from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Half…
How Ohio gun shops are working to prevent suicides
Suicide rates in the U.S. have climbed in the past two decades. In Ohio, which has seen a 36% spike in suicides over that time period, gun sellers are now working to slow the epidemic by participating in…
Suicide prevention fight moving into gun country
A movement to reduce gun-related suicides by spreading prevention techniques among firearm owners and sellers is slowly making its way through states with high rates of gun ownership, according to a September 17, 2018 NBC News article. The…
Uncommon Ground
Harvard Chan researchers and Utah gun-rights advocates are forging a rare partnership in the quest to prevent firearm suicides.
No simple way to stop suicides by train
In 2016, 275 people in the U.S. killed themselves by jumping in front of a moving train.