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Voluntary Do-Not-Sell Lists — An Innovative Approach to Reducing Gun Suicides

Fredrick E. Vars
The New England Journal of Medicine., 2020.

A perspective piece on a clinician's role in counseling patients at risk of suicide by providing the option of Voluntary Do Not Sell Firearms List where it is available.

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The Public Health Approach to Gun Violence Prevention

The report discusses a public health approach to prevent gun violence by defining and monitoring the issue, identifying risk and protective factors, developing and testing prevention strategies, and ensuring widespread adoption of effective strategies.

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Reducing Violence Without Police: A Review of Research Evidence

This report by John Jay College Research Advisory Group on Preventing and Reducing Community Violence reviews and summarizes research on policies and programs known to reduce community violence without relying on police.

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Disarming Domestic Abusers

Nanasi, N.
Harvard Law and Policy Review., 2020.

This article proposes strategies to disarm domestic abusers, description of current and recommended legislation that would prohibit perpetrators of intimate partner violence from owning or possessing firearms, and litigation strategies to ensure meaningful enforcement.

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2020 National Veteran Suicide Prevention Annual Report

This report reviews and analyzes Veteran suicide data from 2005 to 2018, overall and across categories, including the number of suicide deaths, the average number of suicides per day, suicide rates by race and ethnicity, and data in the situational context of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.

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The Patterns Behind Mass Shootings and the Creation of The Violence Project

In this podcast, Dr. Jillian Peterson, President and Co-Founder of The Violence Project, joins The Ontic Protective Intelligence Podcast with Fred Burton to discuss pathways to violence and the prevention of mass shootings.

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The Task Force on Mass Shootings and Assault Weapons

This report reviews and provides recommendations on firearm legislation, the connection between domestic violence and mass shootings and between mental health and mass shootings, and the regulation of the sale and transfer of guns, accessories, and ammunition.

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A Guide for Parents- Mental Health and Preventing Unauthorized Access to Firearms

A parents' guide on how to approach mental health care and suicide prevention with children detailing the warning signs, appropriate responses, and safety steps for addressing lethal means access.

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Evaluation of a Hospital-based Youth Violence Intervention

De Vos, E., Stone, D. A., Goetz, M. A., et al.
American Journal of Preventive Medicine., 1996.

This study examines an intervention, a violence-prevention consultation, for hospital-based youth victims of nondomestic violence.

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DBT Firearm Lethal Means Safety Counseling Teaching Notes

Provider manual of multi-session dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) treatment intervention for clinicians working with clients at risk for suicide by firearms

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DBT Firearm Lethal Means Safety Counseling Handouts and Worksheets

Handouts and worksheets of multi-session dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) treatment intervention for clinicians working with clients at risk for suicide by firearms

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Staying Out of the Way: Perceptions of Digital Non-Emergency Medical Transportation Services, Barriers, and Access to Care Among Young Black Male Survivors of Firearm Violence

Richardson, J. B., Wical, W., Kottage, N., et al.
The Journal of Primary Prevention., 2020

This study looks at addressing transportation as a secondary barrier faced by low-income young Black male survivors of violent injury trying to access CBT and mentoring services through HVIPs.

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