People who have been treated in psychiatric care against their will are at increased risk of taking their own lives after hospital discharge. This is shown by a new study from Karolinska Institutet published in the journal The Lancet Regional Health – Europe. The results highlight a need for follow-up care after discharge.

The latest issues of three American Psychiatric Association journals (The American Journal of Psychiatry, Psychiatric Services and Focus) are now available online.

CHICAGO, IL — Since the start of the 21st century, more than 800,000 people in the US have died from firearm-related injuries, and over two million have been injured. These harms stem from homicide, suicide, and unintentional shootings, reverberating through communities and resulting in psychological, social, and economic consequences that go far beyond physical injury.

Amid these persistent challenges, JAMA and JAMA Network convened a JAMA Summit in March 2025, bringing together 60 thought leaders from medicine, public health, law, industry, and community violence intervention, with a singular focus: how to substantially reduce firearm harms. Today, JAMA publishes the JAMA Summit Report on Reducing Firearm Violence and Harms, a blueprint for action featuring experts from across sectors committed to advancing evidence-based solutions to reduce firearm-related injury and death.

A new report proposes a range of initiatives to substantially reduce the harm caused by firearm violence in the United States over the next 15 years. The report, to be published Nov. 3 in the journal JAMA, proposes a range of initiatives. These include using artificial intelligence (AI) and other technologies to detect concealed weapons, and expanding programs that address poverty, social distrust and other factors behind violence in American communities. Since 2000, more than 800,000 Americans have been killed and more than 2 million injured by firearms. The report summarizes discussions of 60 experts in public health, criminology, sociology, social work, public policy and other fields. “We really tried to step back and think about what innovations are needed to address the firearm problem in a new way — realizing we live in a country with a Second Amendment and somewhere around 400 million firearms in private hands,” said Dr. Frederick P. Rivara, professor of pediatrics at the University of Washington School of Medicine. He chaired the summit.