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Northeastern University: Here's Why Guns Increase the Risk of Suicide-Especially in Stressful Times
July 07, 2020
BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 7 -- Northeastern University issued the following news:

People who own a handgun are almost four times more likely to die by suicide than those who don't have guns, according to new research by Matt Miller, a professor of health sciences and epidemiology at Northeastern.

The findings, published by Miller's group in The New England Journal of Medicine, come at a time when mental health professionals are bracing for a potential surge . . .

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