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01-07-2018 | Commentary

Predicting Risk of Suicide Among Individuals Who are Members of Higher-Risk Populations: Finding THE Needle in a Stack of Needles!

Author: Eric D. Caine

Published in: Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research | Issue 4/2018

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The study by Swanson et al. sought to assess the implied premise of the Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) policy that automatically registering Veterans who require a fiduciary into the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) will lead to a reduction in suicides or harmful violence. Registration in NICS is intended to prohibit purchase of a firearm. This policy raises an ultimate key question: Does such registration save lives? It is in this context that the authors seek to approximate an answer, mindful of many limitations they acknowledge and some that they do not mention. …

Franklin, J. C., Ribeiro, J. D., Fox, K. R., Bentley, K. H., Kleiman, E. M., Huang, X.,... Nock, M. K. (2017). Risk factors for suicidal thoughts and behaviors: A meta-analysis of 50 years of research. Psychological Bulletin, 143(2), 187–232. https://doi.org/10.1037/bul0000084.CrossRefPubMed

Title: Predicting Risk of Suicide Among Individuals Who are Members of Higher-Risk Populations: Finding THE Needle in a Stack of Needles!
Author: Eric D. Caine
Publication date: 01-07-2018
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research / Issue 4/2018
Print ISSN: 0894-587X
Electronic ISSN: 1573-3289
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10488-018-0886-6

At a glance: The STEP trials

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Predicting Risk of Suicide Among Individuals Who are Members of Higher-Risk Populations: Finding THE Needle in a Stack of Needles!

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At a glance: The STEP trials

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