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Suicide from Firearms Mental Health Stigma

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by PBS News Hour | August 23, 2022
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Researchers say that, on top of the isolation and the lack of mental
health services, what also helps explain the high rate of suicide in
Wyoming and the Mountain West more broadly is the high rate of gun
ownership. Emmy Betz, University of Colorado Anschutz: The
connection between the lethality of firearms and the risk of suicide
death is not something that's been talked about enough.

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