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To the Editor: The article by Wintemute et al. (Nov. 18 issue)¹ and the accompanying editorial by Rosenberg et al.² add to the public health literature on firearms. Rosenberg et al. note that we need more information about the circumstances in which suicide with the use of firearms occurs. Clinical studies can complement an epidemiologic approach to help provide such information. One clinical method is to conduct comprehensive interviews with persons who have survived serious suicide attempts involving firearms, in order to determine the psychiatric diagnosis, personality profile, motivation for the attempt, and precipitating factors. These studies illustrate several points.³

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