Gun Violence

ORLANDO — Most parents are willing to talk to pediatricians about safe firearm storage, although less than half reported ever receiving such counseling, according to a study presented at the AAP National Conference & Exhibition.

National Suicide Prevention Month, during September, came this year shortly after the CDC released data pinning 2022 as the all-time high for U.S. suicide deaths, with a total of nearly 50,000.

Gun death rates persisted at high levels in 2022, particularly among Black youth, and gun-related suicides increased 1.6% from 2021, reaching an all-time high, according to provisional CDC data.

The AMA adopted three new policies regarding firearm violence on the final day of its House of Delegates meeting, one of which advocates for physicians to be able to petition courts to temporarily remove firearms from high-risk patients.

At the annual meeting of the AMA House of Delegates, physicians elected the next AMA president and heard one final speech from the organization’s outgoing leader.

SAN FRANCISCO — The FBI’s San Francisco field office is working with schools and local communities to create multidisciplinary cross-functional teams to prevent violence, FBI special agent Greg A. Concepcion says in this Healio video.

SAN DIEGO — Primary care physicians play an important role in preventing suicide using firearms, according to a presenter at the ACP Internal Medicine Meeting.

SAN DIEGO — The ACP has announced the launch of an online hub for internal medicine physicians that offers resources for the prevention of firearm injuries and deaths.

Among people who drank alcohol before taking their own life, the likelihood of using a firearm increased with blood alcohol concentration up to a certain level, then decreased, according to findings published in JAMA Network Open.

A PTSD program initially developed for veterans is now serving and providing benefits to civilians, with treatment typically lasting 1 week to 3 months.