Access to Firearms and Opioids Among Veterans at Risk for Suicide.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Firearm injury and poisoning, often by drug or medication overdose, account for most suicides among the general population and US veterans. In the Veterans Health Administration, the largest integrated health care system in the US, firearm and opioid access is assessed among patients at risk for suicide who complete suicide safety plans.

Objective

To describe self-reported, clinician-documented access to firearms and opioids, firearm storage practices, distribution of firearm cable locks and naloxone, and counseling on firearm storage and overdose among veterans at elevated risk for suicide who completed suicide safety plans.

Design, setting, and participants

This cross-sectional study used electronic health record data from the Veterans Health Administrati

SUBMITTER: Khazanov GK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11775732 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature