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Posts about: ## Guns and Mental Health ![](https://www.maryaprn.com/hubfs/pexels-cottonbro-3926747.jpeg) [Guns and Mental Health](https://www.maryaprn.com/blog/topic/guns-and-mental-health) ### [Guns, Depression, and Suicide Prevention:](https://www.maryaprn.com/blog/guns-depression-and-suicide-prevention) Tue, Jul 26, 2022 @ 09:06 AM ## Mental Health and guns - Is It time for Universal Home Safety Screening?   Mental Health and guns questionnaire / study | As part of an effort to examine the consequences of COVID-19, the authors used the 9-Item Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) depression screening scale as well as a dichotomous yes or no question regarding gun ownership. Additionally, they inquired about recency of purchase, future plans for acquiring guns, and reasons for obtaining them. 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[MaryAPRN.com/ Advanced Practice Psych LLC](https://www.maryaprn.com/blog/author/maryaprn-com-advanced-practice-psych-llc) [Read More](https://www.maryaprn.com/blog/mental-health-firearm-deaths-see-a-large-increase-in-us) ![General_Icons-32.png](https://www.maryaprn.com/hubfs/Gallery_2015/General_Icons-32.png) [Guns and Mental Health](https://www.maryaprn.com/blog/topic/guns-and-mental-health) ### [Mental Health | Americans fascination with guns is killing too many of our young](https://www.maryaprn.com/blog/mental-health-americans-fascination-with-guns-is-killing-too-many-of-our-young) Thu, Nov 09, 2017 @ 06:00 AM This article is about safety. It is not our position to argue gun control, the issue of safety starts in the home. American children died of self-inflicted gunshot wounds at a sharply higher rate in 2014 than seven years earlier, according to a recent study, which said that the safe storage of firearms could make a big difference in preventing youth suicides. 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