Dr. Cheryl King is a Professor in the Departments of Psychiatry and Psychology and Director of the Youth and Young Adult Depression and Suicide Prevention Research Program in the Department of...
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Current Epidemiological Trends in Firearm Mortality in the United States
Goldstick, J. E., Carter, P. M., & Cunningham, R. M. (2021). Current Epidemiological Trends in Firearm Mortality in the United States. JAMA psychiatry, 78(3), 241-242. Abstract: More than...
Family Safety Net: Developing an upstream suicide prevention approach to encourage safe firearm storage in rural and remote Alaskan homes
Learn more about the project “Developing a universal safe firearm storage intervention for rural Alaska Native Communities" presented by Ferhana Begum at the Firearm Safety Among Children and Teens...
Lisa Wexler, PhD
Lisa Wexler is a Professor of Social Work and a Research Professor in the Research Center for Group Dynamics at the University of Michigan. Drawing from the disciplines of public health, social work...
Patrick Carter, MD
Dr. Carter is a Professor of Emergency Medicine (School of Medicine) and Health Behavior & Health Education (School of Public Health) at the University of Michigan. He is the Co-Director of the...
Use of Extreme Risk Protection Orders to Reduce Gun Violence in Oregon
Zeoli, A.M., Paruk, J., Branas, C.C., Carter, P.M., Cunningham, R., Heinze, J. and Webster, D.W., 2021. Use of Extreme Risk Protection Orders to Reduce Gun Violence in Oregon. Criminology &...
Firearm Ownership, Attitudes, and Safe Storage Practices Among a Nationally Representative Sample of Older U.S. Adults Age 50 to 80
Carter, P. M., Losman, E., Roche, J. S., Malani, P. N., Kullgren, J. T., Solway, E., Kirch, M, Singer, D., Walton, M., Zeoli, A. & Cunningham, R. M. (2022). Firearm Ownership, Attitudes, and...
Perceived police bias, community violence amplify youth firearm carriage, U-M study shows
Nearly two-thirds of all violence-related deaths among adolescents and young adults across the United States are caused by firearms. In an effort to reduce firearm injuries and deaths, a team of...
Media Mention: Most school shooters get their guns from home – and during the pandemic, the number of firearms in households with teenagers went up
Most school shooters obtain the firearm from home. And the number of guns within reach of high school-age teenagers has increased during the pandemic – highlighting the importance of locking...
Cindy Ewell Foster, PhD; Preventing Youth Suicide, Michigan Minds Special Series: Firearm Injury Prevention
Cindy Ewell Foster is partnering with residents in the Upper Peninsula to develop a firearm safety education program that aims to reduce morbidity and mortality among youth. Listen to this 16 minute...
State firearm laws and interstate firearm deaths from homicide and suicide in the United States: a cross-sectional analysis of data by county
Kaufman, E. J., Morrison, C. N., Branas, C. C., & Wiebe, D. J. (2018). State firearm laws and interstate firearm deaths from homicide and suicide in the United States: a cross-sectional analysis...
Evaluating the impact of Florida’s “Stand Your Ground” self-defense law on homicide and suicide by firearm: an interrupted time series study
Humphreys, D. K., Gasparrini, A., & Wiebe, D. J. (2017). Evaluating the impact of Florida’s “stand your ground” self-defense law on homicide and suicide by firearm: an interrupted time series...