The public health priority to address the accessibility and safety of firearms: Recommendations for training

Academic Psychiatry

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 405-408

  Coverdale, John H ^a   Roberts, Laura Weiss ^b   Balon, Richard ^c  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c University Psychiatric Centers   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; ETHICS; FIREARM; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MENTAL PATIENT; METHODOLOGY; NOTE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES;

EDUCATION; FIREARMS; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; MENTALLY ILL PERSONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78649844404     PISSN: 10429670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ap.34.6.405     Document Type: Review

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