On Wednesday August 2, 2000, the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) published an article that analyzes the Brady Bill's impact on national homicide and suicide rates. According to the authors of the study, "based on the assumption that the greatest reductions in fatal violence would be within states that were required to institute waiting periods and background checks,...

Suicide is a serious and preventable public health problem. The National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention works to provide public health professionals, concerned individuals, and organizations with resources about suicide prevention. The Alliance was established in 2010 with a goal of saving 20,000 lives by 2015. It has a distinguished leadership group which includes the secretary of the...

Sponsored by the White House Council on Youth Violence, the National Youth Violence Prevention Resource Center is a collaboration between the Council, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and other federal agencies. The Resource Center Website is offered as a portal to federal information on youth violence prevention and suicide. The heart of the site is a sizable collection of...

A report with disturbing implications was released this week by the World Health Organization indicating that suicide claims close to one million lives each year, and that this figure could rise to 1.5 million by 2020. The report also noted that suicide kills more people each year than road traffic accidents in most European countries, and that worldwide, suicide claims more lives than homicide...