Fatal Police Shootings of Victims with Mental Health Crises: A Descriptive Analysis of Data from the 2014-2015 National Violent Death Reporting System.
Khan H, Miller M, Barber C, Azrael D.
J Urban Health. 2024 Mar 07. PMID: 38453763
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Cathy Barber
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Suicide by sodium nitrite poisoning: Findings from the National Violent Death Reporting System, 2018-2020.
Khan H, Barber C, Azrael D.
Suicide Life Threat Behav. 2024 Jan 22. PMID: 38251179
"Your son needs help … and we're gonna help him": A qualitative study of the experiences of gun-owning caregivers of adolescents receiving lethal means counseling in the emergency department.
Salhi C, Beatriz E, Berrigan J, Azrael D, Houston A, Runyan C, Barber C, Betz M, Miller M.
Soc Sci Med. 2023 10. 335:116218. PMID: 37738913
Classifying Firearm Injury Intent in Electronic Hospital Records Using Natural Language Processing.
MacPhaul E, Zhou L, Mooney SJ, Azrael D, Bowen A, Rowhani-Rahbar A, Yenduri R, Barber C, Goralnick E, Miller M.
JAMA Netw Open. 2023 04 03. 6(4):e235870. PMID: 37022685
Engaging stakeholders to develop a suicide prevention learning module for Louisiana firearm training courses.
Houtsma C, Powers J, Raines AM, Bailey M, Barber C, True G.
Inj Epidemiol. 2023 Jan 11. 10(1):3. PMID: 36631823
Assessment of the Accuracy of Firearm Injury Intent Coding at 3 US Hospitals.
Miller M, Azrael D, Yenduri R, Barber C, Bowen A, MacPhaul E, Mooney SJ, Zhou L, Goralnick E, Rowhani-Rahbar A.
JAMA Netw Open. 2022 12 01. 5(12):e2246429. PMID: 36512356
The emerging infrastructure of US firearms injury data.
Barber C, Cook PJ, Parker ST.
Prev Med. 2022 12. 165(Pt A):107129. PMID: 35803350
Homicides by law enforcement: case definitions matter.
Conner A, Miller M, Barber C, Azrael D.
Lancet. 2022 04 30. 399(10336):1693. PMID: 35490685
Selection and Use of Firearm and Medication Locking Devices in a Lethal Means Counseling Intervention.
Barber C, Azrael D, Berrigan J, Betz ME, Brandspigel S, Runyan C, Salhi C, Vriniotis M, Miller M.
Crisis. 2023 May. 44(3):216-223. PMID: 35485394
Who owned the gun in firearm suicides of men, women, and youth in five US states?
Barber C, Azrael D, Miller M, Hemenway D.
Prev Med. 2022 Nov. 164:107066. PMID: 35461957
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How to help a troubled loved one with a gun
If you have a loved one who is experiencing mental distress—and they have a gun—there are ways you can help protect them from harming themselves or others, according to experts.
Partnering with gun owners to prevent suicide
Engaging with pro-gun communities to promote the safe storage of guns may be key to decreasing rates of suicide, according to experts from Harvard Chan School.
Harvard Chan School experts shed light on link between guns and suicides, gun injuries
The relationship between firearms and suicide, as well as firearms injury data, were among the topics of studies from experts at Harvard Chan School that appeared in the December 2022 issue of the journal Preventive Medicine.
Voluntary gun storage may help prevent suicide deaths
Around the U.S., public health practitioners are partnering with gun owners to prevent firearm suicides by encouraging voluntary storage—removal of guns from the home—during times of crisis.
Preventing suicide by limiting access to guns
Roughly half of those who die by suicide in the U.S. use a firearm. That’s why reducing access to lethal means is key to reducing suicides, according to Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health’s Catherine Barber.