Kassabian Sarah, Gissen Maura, Kenny Jessica
University of Colorado, Farley Health Policy Center, School of Medicine.
Fam Syst Health. 2024 Dec;42(4):651-655. doi: 10.1037/fsh0000943.
Firearm-related suicide is an alarming and growing issue in the United States, accounting for over 25,000 deaths annually. Unfortunately, public perception often underestimates the pervasiveness of this issue, despite widespread support for common sense strategies that could help address it, such as upstream preventative and well-being approaches and reducing access to firearms.
Examining recent evidence,this policy brief highlights the critical need for effective policies to prevent and reduce suicide by firearm.
Evidence suggests that reducing access to firearms, especially for individuals at heightened risk, is a critical factor in preventing suicide. Additionally, addressing social determinants of health and ensuring equitable access to behavioral health care are holistic, upstream approaches to reduce suicide death by firearm. A both/and policy approach helps to integrate both of these necessary and evidence-based pathways by both investing in upstream approaches to improve mental well-being and increasing firearm safety and restricting access for those most at risk.
This policy brief serves as a call to action for policymakers, clinicians, mental health advocates, and community members alike to advocate for and implement solutions that save lives. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved).
在美国，与枪支相关的自杀是一个令人担忧且日益严重的问题，每年导致超过25000人死亡。不幸的是，尽管公众普遍支持有助于解决这一问题的常识性策略，如上游预防和促进福祉的方法以及减少枪支获取，但公众认知往往低估了这一问题的普遍性。
通过审视近期证据，本政策简报强调了制定有效政策以预防和减少枪支自杀的迫切需求。
有证据表明，减少枪支获取，尤其是减少高风险个体的枪支获取，是预防自杀的关键因素。此外，解决健康的社会决定因素并确保公平获得行为健康护理是减少枪支自杀死亡的全面、上游方法。一种兼顾双方的政策方法有助于通过投资上游方法来改善心理健康以及提高枪支安全性并限制高风险人群的获取途径，将这两条必要且基于证据的途径结合起来。
本政策简报呼吁政策制定者、临床医生、心理健康倡导者和社区成员采取行动，倡导并实施拯救生命的解决方案。（PsycInfo数据库记录（c）2024美国心理学会，保留所有权利）
