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This month, we're turning our attention to National Suicide Prevention Awareness Month, an important time dedicated to raising awareness, breaking stigma, and exploring the science behind mental health and suicide prevention.

Over 1 in 3 adults in households with guns do not store all in locked locations

Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania
Reports and Proceedings

Over a third of U.S. adults with guns in their homes say they do not store all of them in a locked location, according to the latest health survey from the Annenberg Public Policy Center.

7-Mar-2025

Suicide, the music industry, and a call to action

Frontiers
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Dr George Musgrave is both a musician and an academic, with first-hand experience of the music industry’s challenges. In this guest editorial, inspired by their moving and urgent new article in Frontiers in Public Health, he and co-author Dr Dorian Lamis, who is a clinical psychologist and suicide prevention expert, turn the spotlight on the toll of death by suicide in the music industry, and call for immediate action to support vulnerable artists.

Journal: Frontiers in Public Health

5-Mar-2025

Working in border cities compounds EMS workers’ physical and mental stresses, study finds

Texas A&M University

A lack of resources and misaligned missions with federal agencies are two critical factors that define the unique role of EMS clinicians along the U.S.-Mexico border.

Journal: BMJ Open

4-Mar-2025

How a broken bone from arm wrestling led to a paradigm shift in mental health: Exercise as a first-line treatment for depression

Genomic Press
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Dr. Nicholas Fabiano, University of Ottawa, is reshaping our understanding of mental health treatment through innovative research on exercise and depression. His personal journey following a broken bone from arm wrestling has led to pioneering work in lifestyle psychiatry, including meta-analyses on exercise's impact on suicide risk and practical frameworks for exercise prescription in psychiatric care.

Journal: Brain Medicine

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Over 1 in 3 adults in households with guns do not store all in locked locations

Suicide, the music industry, and a call to action

Working in border cities compounds EMS workers’ physical and mental stresses, study finds

How a broken bone from arm wrestling led to a paradigm shift in mental health: Exercise as a first-line treatment for depression