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In reply to the discussion: NYS Gun Law includes requirements for Mental Health Professionals to report patients [View all]Mojorabbit
(16,020 posts)Last edited Tue Jan 15, 2013, 09:12 PM - Edit history (1)
since 60 percent of gun homicides are suicides... We could fund all sorts of suicide prevention programs, run psas constantly to destigmatize getting help, open access to help for those who need it. Right now if someone threatens suicide they are admitted but that is for an imminent threat. It is after discharge that finding help is hard in many places with waiting lists. My husband is a family doctor and it is a huge problem. A personal story...When I was on Chantix I began to have suicidal thoughts. I was one of the first group of people who had those symptoms and I knew it had to be the drug. I reported it to my doctor, was taken off the drug, and within 24 hours was fine. I would hate to have that incident put me on a list and used to prevent me owning a firearm. If this will be a public record who knows who will end up with access to that information.
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