Kawon Kim

Jul 16, 2024 | thelancet.com | Shannon Lange |Kawon Kim |Huan Jiang |Kevin D. Shield

SummaryThe suicide mortality rate has been increasing in Region of the Americas, despite decreasing in all other World Health Organization (WHO) regions. Means restriction is an effective evidence-based intervention for suicide prevention. The objective of the current study was to estimate the impact of implementing national-level means restriction policies (i.e., firearm and pesticide restrictions) on the suicide mortality rate in the Region of the Americas.

Jun 19, 2024 | dialnet.unirioja.es | Kawon Kim |Jürgen Rehm |Xinyang Feng |Huan Jiang

Kim, Kawon Victoria [1] ; Rehm, Jürgen ; Feng, Xinyang [1] ; Jiang, Huan [1] ; Manthey, Jakob [2] ; Radišauskas, Ričardas [3] ; Štelemėkas, Mindaugas [4] ; Tran, Alexander [5] ; Zafar, Anush [5] ; Lange, Shannon [6] [1] Institute for Mental Health Policy Research, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto ON Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto ON [2] Center for Interdisciplinary Addiction Research, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University...

Nov 22, 2023 | ajpmonline.org | Kawon Kim |Jürgen Rehm |Technische Universität Dresden |Mark Kaplan

Institute for Mental Health Policy Research, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, 33 Ursula Franklin St., Toronto ON, Canada M5S 2S1 Campbell Family Mental Health Research Institute, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, 250 College St., Toronto ON, Canada M5T 1R8 Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, 250 College St., Toronto ON, Canada M5T 1R8 Institute of Medical Science, University of Toronto, 1 King's College Circle, Toronto ON, Canada M5S 1A8 Dalla Lana School of Public...

Mar 29, 2023 | jamanetwork.com | Shannon Lange |Huan Jiang |Mark Kaplan |Kawon Kim

Key PointsQuestion  Does the probability of using a firearm as the method of suicide increase as the amount of alcohol consumed increases? Findings  In this cross-sectional study of 58 095 suicide decedents, the probability of a firearm-involved suicide increased as blood alcohol concentration increased until the blood alcohol level reached approximately 0.40 g/dL for male decedents and approximately 0.30 g/dL for female decedents, at which point the probability started to decrease.