{"title":"VHA study: Warn veterans of suicide risks of opioids and guns","authors":"Alison Knopf","doi":"10.1002/adaw.34396","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p>In a study of 38,454 veterans at risk for suicide, who received suicide safety plans, 28% had access to firearms, and 5% had access to opioids, based on self-reports. Clinicians told them about firearm cable locks and/or naloxone, but few of veterans accepted these.</p>","PeriodicalId":100073,"journal":{"name":"Alcoholism & Drug Abuse Weekly","volume":"37 5","pages":"6-7"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2025-02-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Alcoholism & Drug Abuse Weekly","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/adaw.34396","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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In a study of 38,454 veterans at risk for suicide, who received suicide safety plans, 28% had access to firearms, and 5% had access to opioids, based on self-reports. Clinicians told them about firearm cable locks and/or naloxone, but few of veterans accepted these.