A new survey published in the Journal of Affective Disorders finds that, although the number of veterans storing firearms unsafely has declined in the past decade, many still do, posing a risk for injury or suicide.
A new survey published in the Journal of Affective Disorders finds that, although the number of veterans storing firearms unsafely has declined in the past decade, many still do, posing a risk for injury or suicide.
Yale researchers and collaborators surveyed 3,078 U.S. veterans in both 2019 and 2020 and found a marked decrease in suicidal ideation for most of the group.
Many public health experts feared the COVID-19 pandemic would cause an increase in suicidal behavior among U.S. military veterans, a group that already has high rates of depression and posttraumatic stress disorder and which experienced a 30% surge in suicides between 2010 and 2018.