In this issue: Our BulletPoints Project has a number of exciting updates to share! This month we hosted a half-day virtual Train the Trainer Workshop on Clinical Firearm Injury Prevention for over 40 medical and mental health educators to teach them how to incorporate firearm injury prevention into their clinical and didactic teaching. Keep an eye out for a repeat of this free continuing education event.
“Red flag laws are a tool law enforcement and others can use when somebody is clearly at high risk of doing something with a firearm, but they can't be arrested because no crime has been committed and they don't appear to need a mental health hold or qualify for one,” Amy Barnhorst said. Read the article in UC Davis Health News.
In this issue: September is Suicide Prevention Month. Suicide is devastating, and it has far-reaching effects that often impact entire communities. It is one of the most common acts of fatal violence and is the 11th leading cause of death in the United States. Over 48,000 Americans died by suicide in 2021. According to the U.S.
In this issue: It’s that time of year when students everywhere are going back to school. In the spirit of education, why not take a few minutes to refresh your knowledge about safe practices for firearm storage? Only 1/3 of California gun owning households with children store their firearms in the most secure way: locked, unloaded, separate from ammunition, and with the keys and combinations inaccessible to unauthorized users.
In this issue: When we talk about gun violence, we often focus on the acute physical wounds that bullets leave behind, yet the psychological trauma from gun violence persists, ever present for those who experience it. As national firearm-related death rates continue to rise, so does the burden on our collective mental health, especially for those who survive, witness, or lose someone to gun violence. This Mental Health Awareness Month, we want to call attention to these sometimes-hidden outcomes.
Suicide is a leading cause of death of 10- to 19-year-olds in the United States.1 Firearms were used in 48% of suicides of 15- to 19-year-olds and in 38% of suicides of 10- to 14-year-olds in 2020.1 During the COVID-19 pandemic, gun sales surged, leading to increases in household firearm ownership,
