Colleges and Universities

Resources and Research for "Restrict Access to Potentially Lethal Means"

  • Birckmayer J. & Hemenway, D. (1999).

    Birckmayer J. & Hemenway, D. (1999). Minimum age drinking laws and youth suicide, 1970-1990. American Journal of Public Health, 89(9), 1365-1368.

  • Drum DJ, Brownson C, Denmark AB, Smith SE. (2009).

    Drum DJ, Brownson C, Denmark AB, Smith SE. (2009). New data on the nature of suicidal crises in college students: Shifting the paradigm. Professional Psychology, 40(3): 213-222.

  • Hall, R., Platt, D. E., & Hall, R. (1999).

    Hall, R., Platt, D. E., & Hall, R. (1999). Suicide risk assessment: A review of risk factors for suicide in 100 patients who made severe suicide attempts. Psychosomatics, 40(1), 18-27.

  • Hufford, M. R. (2001).

    Hufford, M. R. (2001). Alcohol and suicidal behavior. Clinical Psychology Review, 21(5), 797-811.

  • Means Matter

    The Means Matter Campaign aims to increase the proportion of suicide prevention groups that promote activities that reduce a suicidal person’s access to lethal means of suicide. This link is to a set of steps for assessing and implementing means restriction on campus.

  • Miller, M., Azrael, D., & Hemenway, D. (2004).

    Miller, M., Azrael, D., & Hemenway, D. (2004). The epidemiology of case fatality rates for suicide in the Northeast. Annals of Emergency Medicine, 43(6), 723-30.

  • Miller, M., Lippmann, S. J., Azrael, D., & Hemenway, D. (2007).

    Miller, M., Lippmann, S. J., Azrael, D., & Hemenway, D. (2007). Household firearm ownership and rates of suicide across the 50 United States. The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care, 62(4), 1029-1035.

  • No Gun Left Behind: The Gun Lobby’s Campaign to Push Guns Into Colleges and Schools

    This report from the nonprofit Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence discusses issues related to access to firearms on college and university campuses.


This section supports Objective 4.3 of the NSSP: Increase the proportion of colleges and universities with evidence-based programs designed to address serious young adult distress and prevent suicide.