Description
Presenter: Dr. Michael Anestis
Overview.
Dr. Michael Anestis will describe the relationship between firearms and suicide: how does access to firearms relate to risk of suicide, and what tools are available to reduce the risk of firearm suicide? Clinicians will learn about the evidence supporting a variety of intervention strategies to help reduce risk in the communities they serve. Dr. Anestis is the Executive Director of the New Jersey Gun Violence Research Center and an Associate Professor in the School of Public Health at Rutgers University. He has published approximately 200 peer reviewed scientific articles as well as a book – Guns and Suicide: An American Epidemic – and has been a named investigator on over $20 million in externally funded research grants. Dr. Anestis is an internationally recognized expert on firearm suicide prevention, as evidenced in part by having been named the 2018 recipient of the Edwin Shneidman Award for early career achievement in suicide research.
Objectives.
- To describe the scope of the relationship between firearm access and suicide
- To describe the evidence supporting various firearm suicide prevention tools
About the Presenter.
Dr. Anestis is the Executive Director of the New Jersey Gun Violence Research Center and an Associate Professor in the School of Public Health at Rutgers University. He has published approximately 200 peer reviewed scientific articles as well as a book – Guns and Suicide: An American Epidemic – and has been a named investigator on over $20 million in externally funded research grants. Dr. Anestis is an internationally recognized expert on firearm suicide prevention, as evidenced in part by having been named the 2018 recipient of the Edwin Shneidman Award for early career achievement in suicide research.
CE Information
1 hour of CE
Cost
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$40.00 for Non-Members
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