“Youth suicides are maybe the most worrisome to me because kids are so impulsive,” Paul Nestadt says of youth suicides by firearm. “I want to know, how do kids access these guns?...Is it an issue of parents who have guns not storing them safely?” magazine.jhsph.edu/2023/looking-f…

More than half of Americans who die by suicide kill themselves using a gun. Paul Nestadt, an assistant professor of psychiatry at Johns Hopkins University, discusses with Lois Beckett the strategies that work to prevent these deaths for Guardian US: theguardian.com/us-news/2023/n…

Center faculty Paul Nestadt — psychiatrist and suicide epidemiologist — discussed the U.S. suicide rate reaching the highest point in more than 80 years on Washington Journal: c-span.org/video/?532086-…

Known “risk factors” for suicide, such as gender and race, are too general to pinpoint who might be in imminent danger. HopkinsPsych’s Paul Nestadt talks to @SDesmon about “psychological autopsies,” which may help us better understand who is most at risk. johnshopkinssph.libsyn.com/705-psychologi…

What does the epidemiology of suicide in the US like? Is it different to the UK? What is the importance of lethal means access in suicide risk? How do gun ownership trends affect suicide rates? The NHS Maudsley /Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience Grand Round(s) with Paul Nestadt Tomorrow, 1PM

More than half of U.S. suicides are carried out with firearms. "If you are a gun owner, that brief moment where the suicidal thoughts exceed the desire to be alive for tomorrow, that’s all it takes." Our Paul Nestadt, suicide researcher, in The New York Times: nytimes.com/2024/02/21/bri…

Tune in to hear our newly appointed James Wah Professor of Psychiatry, Paul Nestadt, discuss firearm suicide on Morning Edition today. Great reporting by Michel Martin as always. npr.org/2024/04/16/124…

Suicides make up majority of gun deaths but remain overlooked in gun violence debate. Paul Nestadt NPR n.pr/445MTD1

“Suicides kind of slip under the radar a bit. There’s not as much willingness to talk about them. I think that’s changing. It becomes hard to ignore as the rates climb. Easy access to guns in America has also worsened the issue,” says our Paul Nestadt. npr.org/2024/04/16/124…

NCISH Nav Kapur was delighted to spend a couple of days in Baltimore at John Hopkins Hospital HopkinsPsych sharing the work of our Centre and learning about the brilliant research of Paul Nestadt and Holly Wilcox and others

Particular thanks to Paul Nestadt for his wonderful hosting and giving Nav the opportunity to sample a local delicacy (Fried Chicken and Champagne) HopkinsPsych

I’m putting ‘fried chicken with Prof Kapur’ on my CV

The time between the impulse and act to take one's own life is short. "Firearms are so lethal that if you happen to have access to a firearm, when that impulse comes and you use that firearm, the chance of death is 90%." Our Paul Nestadt tells Michel Martin. npr.org/2024/04/16/124…

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This National Suicide Prevention Week, join us on Wednesday, September 11th at 2pm EST for our webinar, ERPOs: An Effective Tool to Prevent Firearm Suicides, with the National ERPO Resource Center and American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. Register for the webinar: publichealth.jhu.edu/events/2024/er…

This #NationalSuicidePreventionWeek, join Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Violence Solutions Faculty Spencer Cantrell & @PaulNestadt for a webinar to discuss the effectiveness of ERPOs as a tool to prevent firearm suicides. Co-hosts: National ERPO Resource Center & @AFSPNational Register here: erpo.org/event/webinar-…

Kicking off the new season of #GrandRounds at Hopkins with Jimmy Potash laying out a vision for the future of psychiatry, here and worldwide!

New paper drop: More local gun shops = more firearm suicides. newsroom.uw.edu/news-releases/… doi-org.proxy1.library.jhu.edu/10.1016/j.amep…

New research from Hopkins' newest Center, the Center for Suicide Prevention! Alison Athey Holly Wilcox Paul Nestadt and team! Read more about it on #BlueSky hopkinspsych.bsky.social publichealth.jhu.edu/center-for-gun…

As the courts debate Trump's directive to gut NIH indirect funding, friends have asked me what indirect funding means. See my new OpEd here: hub.jhu.edu/2025/02/17/pau…