Interventions
Understand the potential interventions for at-risk patients
Clinicians can visit How to Counsel: The 3A’s to learn best practices for having these discussions.
Safe Storage
If guns are kept in the home, storing them safely can prevent firearm injury
Temporary Out-of-Home Storage
Storing guns outside the home when someone is at risk can be lifesaving
Mental Health-Related Prohibitions
Mental health holds can help people at risk of suicide or violence get into psychiatric care
Civil Protective Orders
Protective orders can remove firearms from dangerous situations
Hospital-Based Violence Intervention Programs
HVIPs weave social care into medical care to prevent recurrent firearm injury
Tarasoff Duty
Psychotherapists have a duty to protect third parties from violence threatened by their patients