Familial firearm culture among the families of youth who died by firearm suicide in Maryland: a qualitative analysis of psychological autopsy interviews
This study documents familial firearm narratives influencing families' conceptualisation of firearm risk, including during periods when youth exhibited suicide warning signs. It suggests that suicide prevention interventions must help families rescript firearms from tools of familial cohesion and conveyors of intergenerational history to instruments that pose a threat to youth with suicide risk factors.
Authors
- Matthew Kelly (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6272-0247)
- Holly C. Wilcox (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2624-0654)
- Aubrey DeVinney (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0907-3751)
- Paul Sasha Nestadt (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2479-703X)
- Stephanie Dean
- Barry R. Bryant (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3627-7824)
- Alan L. Berman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3387-2150)
- Ling Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9245-7387)
Institutions
- Brigham and Women's Hospital (US)
- Johns Hopkins University (US)
- Office of Chief Medical Examiner (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Injury Prevention
- Published
- 2025-12-12
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1136/ip-2024-045490
- Primary Topic
- Gun Ownership and Violence Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00