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Identifying risk
Actions for at-risk patients
Lethal means
Video
Identify youth suicide risk in three steps
Learn how to identify when patients aged 12 and older may be at risk of suicide, so you can help them get the support they need.
Source: American Academy of Pediatrics
Actions for at-risk patients
Lethal means
Course
Counseling on access to lethal means to prevent youth suicide
Take this online course on lethal means counseling to improve how you talk with young people and their families about safe gun storage and help prevent suicide.
For continuing education
Source: American Academy of Pediatrics
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Identifying risk
Actions for at-risk patients
Program
The Health Alliance for Violence Intervention (HAVI)
A network fostering hospital and community collaborations to reduce violence in communities of color, heal trauma, and promote equity.
Source: The Health Alliance for Violence Intervention (HAVI)
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Identifying risk
Lethal means
Article
Recommended standard care for people with suicide risk
This report identifies common gaps in care for people at risk of suicide and offers evidence-based solutions to implement in various health care settings.
Source: National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention
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Lethal means
Course
Counseling on access to lethal means
This two-hour course focuses on working with people at risk of suicide—and their families—to reduce access to lethal means such as firearms and medication.
Source: Zero Suicide at Education Development Center
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Firearms 101
Audio
At the crossroads: Public health and gun violence
Listen to an insightful conversation featuring Roger A. Mitchell Jr., MD, chair of the Department of Pathology at Howard University College of Medicine and David J. Skorton, MD, AAMC President on how the academic medicine community can help build ongoing, community-wide efforts to prevent gun violence.
Source: Association of American Medical Colleges
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Firearms 101
Video
Firearm safety and suicide prevention
Hear from Emmy Betz, MD, MPH, professor of emergency medicine and director of the CU School of Medicine's Firearm Injury Prevention Initiative, on preventing firearm suicides.
Source: American Medical Association
AMA Chief Experience Officer Unger and Dr. Betz smiling at the camera with virtual backgrounds behind them
Firearms 101
Video
Firearm injury prevention, safety tips, and secure storage
Lois Lee, MD, MPH, a pediatric emergency medicine physician at Boston Children’s Hospital, discusses firearm safety best practices that help keep children safe.
Source: American Medical Association
AMA Chief Experience Officer Unger and Lois Lee, MD, MPH, smiling at the camera with virtual backgrounds behind them
Conversation starters
Identifying risk
Actions for at-risk patients
Video
Firearm injury prevention strategies in medicine
Chethan Sathya, MD, director of the Center for Gun Violence Prevention at Northwell Health, shares how physicians can play a role in firearm safety.
Source: American Medical Association
AMA Chief Experience Officer Unger and Chethan Sathya, MD, smiling at the camera with virtual backgrounds behind them
Conversation starters
Video
Safe storage of firearms
In this video series, health care professionals demonstrate how to have respectful conversations about firearm safety with patients.
Source: American Academy of Pediatrics
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