HICRC American Journal of Medicine commentary on reducing suicide 

An AJM (“the green journal”) commentary entitled “How Physicians Can Reduce Suicide–Without Changing Anyone’s Mental Health” describes effective ways physicians and others who see people in crisis can reduce suicide.  The commentary describes how many major successes in suicide prevention focused on reducing access to the lethal means of suicide rather than on solving mental health problems.  In the United States, while 1% of suicide attempts are with guns, half of completed suicides are gun suicides.  The commentary provides information on how physicians and others can help change social norms and reduce suicide by communicating this message: putting time and distance between a suicidal person and a gun can save a life.  The commentary, which recently appeared online, was written by Cathy Barber,David Hemenway and Matthew Miller.