DHA-Public Health Army Suicide Study Emphasizes Firearm Storage, Safety Policies, as Effective Strategies in Suicide Prevention

Defense Health Agency-Public Health behavioral health experts have aligned their suicide prevention recommendations with those proposed in 2022 by the Department of Defense Suicide Prevention and Response Independent Review Committee, or SPRIRC. These recommendations include establishing and updating gun control and safety policies to include requiring all privately owned weapons on DOD military property to be registered and properly stored and implementing waiting periods and minimum age requirements for privately-owned weapons and ammunition purchases on DOD property. (DHA-Public Health graphic illustration by Rachel Stershic)