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Firearms and psychiatry [PDF]

International Review of Psychiatry, 2021
The experience and repercussions of mental illness cannot be fully understood as simple disease processes. A mind, healthy or afflicted, exists within various simultaneous contexts.
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The Impact of Job Strain on Occupational Access to Firearms and Firearm-Related Suicide Among US Workers. [PDF]

Am J Ind Med
ABSTRACT Introduction Firearm‐related suicide rates are notably high among workers such as police officers and farmers. One risk factor is occupational access to firearms, but other occupational characteristics, such as job strain, are less understood.
Soupene VA, Davis J, Cavanaugh JE, Platt JM, Romitti PA, Casteel C.   +5 more
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Firearm Suicides And Availability Of Firearms: The Swiss Experience

European Psychiatry, 2010
AbstractThis study aimed to examine the association between the availability of firearms at home, and the proportion of firearm suicides in Switzerland in an ecological analysis. The data series were analysed by canton and yielded a fairly high correlation (Spearman's rho = 0.60). Thus, the association holds also at a sub-national level.
Ajdacic-Gross, Vladeta, Killias, Martin, Hepp, Urs, Haymoz, Sandrine, Bopp, Matthias, Gutzwiller, Felix, Rössler, Wulf   +6 more
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Firearms and ballistics. [PDF]

, 2016
Chapter 7 of the book entitled 'Practical Veterinary Forensics' aims to introduce forensic veterinarians to the scientific concepts underpinning the field of firearms and ballistics. This introduction will enable practitioners to understand wound formation depending on the firearm and ammunition used.
BOLTON-KING, Rachel, Schulze, Johan
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Firearm Homicide and Firearm Suicide: Opposite but Equal [PDF]

Public Health Reports®, 2004
Objective. Homicide and suicide are intentional acts of violence that disproportionately involve firearms. Much more effort has been devoted to the ecological study of homicide; methods that have been developed to better understand and subsequently prevent homicide may be applicable to suicide.
Charles C, Branas, Therese S, Richmond, C William, Schwab   +2 more
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Firearm Storage and Firearm Suicide

JAMA Network Open
ImportanceSuicide-prevention interventions often recommend removing firearms from the homes of individuals at elevated risk of suicide or, short of removal, locking and unloading all household firearms. The recommendation to remove firearms is based on strong and consistent evidence.
Miller, Matthew, Wertz, Joeseph, Swanson, Sonja A., Simonetti, Joseph A., Zhang, Yifan, Azrael, Deborah R.   +5 more
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Household Firearm Ownership and Firearm Mortality

JAMA Network Open
ImportanceCausal associations between household firearm ownership rates (HFRs) and firearm mortality rates are not well understood.ObjectiveTo assess the population-level temporal sequencing of firearm death rates and HFRs.Design, Setting, and ParticipantsThis cohort study used autoregressive cross-lagged models to analyze HFRs, firearm suicide rates ...
Morral, Andrew R., Agniel, Denis, Smart, Rosanna, Schell, Terry L.   +3 more
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Using photovoice to understand community perceptions of firearm risks and protective factors among Asian Americans

American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract This study used photovoice methodology to explore Asian Americans' perspectives on the root causes and protective factors of firearm violence in their communities. Photovoice provided a participatory platform for community members to document lived experiences and identify priorities for change.
Tsu‐Yin Wu, Szu‐Hsien Chen, Xining Yang, Ken Resnicow, Hsing‐Fang Hsieh   +4 more
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The Tree of Life Synagogue Attack: A Terrorist Radicalization Assessment Protocol‐18 Examination of Pre‐Attack Warnings and Post‐Attack Contagion and Copycat Effects

Behavioral Sciences &the Law, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This is a retrospective case study of an antisemitic lone actor terrorist who completed the deadliest attack against the Jewish community in American history. The analysis through the lens of the Terrorist Radicalization Assessment Protocol (TRAP‐18) finds that 72% of the warning indicators were present, including four proximal warning ...
Molly Amman, Julia Kupper, J. Reid Meloy
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Keeping their powder dry: Purity, pollution, and handgun ownership among Jewish women in Israel

Feminist Anthropology, EarlyView.
Abstract This article examines the gendered practices through which Jewish women in Israel experience and negotiate personal handgun ownership in everyday life. Drawing on interviews, participant observation in gun‐related spaces, and analysis of women‐only online forums, we explore the expanding participation of Jewish women in civilian gun ownership,
Maya Maor, Nehemia Stern, Guy Nagar, Uzi Ben Shalom   +3 more
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