Highlights•Firearms account for approximately half of all suicides in the US.•Firearm
ownership and unsafe storage increase risk of firearm suicide.•Firearm knowledge …

Importance Understanding mental health and substance use treatment seeking and
suicidality among suicide decedents is important to determine prevention efforts. Objective …

Introduction Determining whether the prevalence of gun ownership is associated with youth
suicide is critical to inform policy to address this problem. The objective of this study is to …

Introduction Given the increase in firearm purchases during the COVID-19 pandemic, this
study seeks to determine the extent to which COVID-19 firearm purchasers differ in terms of …

Firefighters are chronically exposed to trauma as well as occupational and relational
stressors. Furthermore, firefighters are faced with cultural and structural barriers in accessing …

The firearm purchasing surge that began in 2020 has seen an unprecedented number of
firearms purchased within the United States. The present study examined if those who …

Methods| Using Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) data from 2002 to 2016, we
estimated total annual expenditure from an aggregate of 10 subcategories: inpatient …

Introduction Two‐thirds of military suicides are by firearm, and unsafe storage increases the
risk of suicide. Understanding who is at risk for suicide, their interactions with behavioral …

Importance Firearm access is associated with risk for suicide, and, since early 2020, the US
has experienced an unprecedented surge in firearm sales. Objective To assess frequency of …

Background Rural veterans are at increased risk for dying by suicide compared with urban
veterans, yet interventions for preventing suicide among rural veterans have been limited …