In an accompanying editorial published in JAMA, Drs. Patrick Carter, Laura Seewald and Marc Zimmerman note the findings from a recent study highlight the critical and urgent need for the U.S. to...
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Predictors of suicide coping self-efficacy among youth presenting to a psychiatric emergency department
Arango A, Czyz EK, Magness CS, Hong V, Smith T, Kettley J, Ewell Foster C Abstract Introduction: Low levels of youth-reported self-efficacy to cope with suicidal urges have been shown to...
Media Mention: Should the U.S. government decide who qualifies as a gun dealer?
The Justice Department has taken steps to close the so-called "gun show loophole." But there's a murky legal question: Who counts as a gun seller? Dr. April Zeoli speaks with NPR about the new rule.
Extreme risk protection order: What to know if needed
The University of Michigan has published a web-based toolkit designed to support the use and implementation of Michigan’s new extreme risk protection order, or ERPO, law. Also known as a red flag...
Media Mention: How a new rule on the gun show ‘loophole’ would impact West MI
Tens of thousands of firearm dealers across the country will now be required to run background checks on buyers. On Thursday, the U.S. Department of Justice and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms,...
U-M Livestream: Reducing the Risk: Firearms and Mental Health
U-M livestream: Reducing the Risk: Firearms and Mental HealthDATE: Noon-1 p.m. Thursday, May 16, 2024EVENT: “Reducing the Risk: Firearms and Mental Health”Experts from the University of Michigan...
Media Mention: Real-Time Opioid Overdose Data Improves Safety Response from Community
Opioid overdose deaths have grown ten-fold in Michigan since 2000, and the opioid epidemic continues to be a major public health crisis impacting thousands of Michiganders and their loved ones. To...
Store Safely: Firearm Injury Prevention for Rural Families
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Media Mention: Why Even Public Health Experts Have Limited Insight Into Stopping Gun Violence in America
Gun violence is among America’s most deadly and costly public health crises. But unlike other big killers — diseases like cancer and HIV or dangers like automobile crashes and cigarettes — sparse...
University of Michigan Institute for Firearm Injury Prevention Research Day
The hybrid event highlighted the Institute’s accomplishments over the past three years, as well as key research and programs that we are conducting in the State of Michigan and nationwide with...
Media Mention: MI residents must now lock up guns when a minor is in the house
Michigan residents are now required by law to safely store their guns while a minor is in the house. There’s a range of devices Michigan residents can get to safely store their firearm, and many...
U-M livestream: What the state’s new gun laws mean for Michigan residents
Watch the recording of the event and learn more about the new laws U-M livestream: What the state's new gun laws mean for Michigan residents DATE: Noon-1 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 22 EVENT: "Michigan's...