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Guns and suicide : an American epidemic /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Anestis, Michael D. (Michael David), 1979- (Author)
Corporate Author: ProQuest (Firm)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2018]
Subjects:
Suicide > United States.
Gun control > United States.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
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  • <strong>PART I: The problem</strong>
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1
  • The prominent role of guns in American suicide
  • Chapter 2
  • Much of what you know about suicide is wrong
  • Chapter 3
  • The reason why guns are such a powerful force in American suicide
  • Chapter 4
  • Isn't this just a mental health problem, not a gun problem?
  • <strong>PART II: The solution</strong>
  • Chapter 5
  • Lowering the national suicide rate requires means safety
  • Chapter 6
  • Legislation as one method for implementing means safety measures for guns
  • Chapter 7
  • Means safety and suicide prevention without legislation
  • Chapter 8
  • Disarming common concerns about means safety
  • Conclusion.