How are gun violence and mental health problems connected (or not connected)? How effective are current laws designed to prevent firearm-related violence and suicide in the United States? What other feasible measures could be taken to meaningfully reduce the number of firearm injuries and deaths, ...
NEW YORK, July 5 (Xinhua) -- Whenever there is a call to do something about gun violence, many point to mental health as the problem, but the truth remains far more complicated, reported Psychology Today on Friday. There are two questions, really. First, are people with mental illnesses ...
both. The researchers assessed factors like economic hardship in the community, the demographics of the population, population density and proximity to trauma centers. Notably, the data shows gun violence has the strongest direct association with poor sleep rather than with poor mental health. ...
The study revealed a significant increase in pediatric mental-health related ED visits following incidents of neighborhood gun violence, most pronounced in the two weeks after the shooting, among children residing closest to where the violence occurred, and among children exposed to multiple shootings. ...
healthof victim's families and loved ones. But it can also have a negative impact on the mental health of those who are not directly affected by it. With the plague of gun violence that has covered Philadelphia recently, it is important to understand the effects in can have all its ...
Gun violence significantly affects the mental health of survivors, while also affecting the nation as a whole. We grieve with the devastated neighbors and people of our community whenever we learn of another gun-related tragedy, but too often, we fail to acknowledge the...
"Even if you were to do everything possible to eliminate mental illness, you'd really only be addressing around 3% of the violence in this country," said Dr. Reena Kapoor, professor of psychiatry at the Yale School of Medicine. What drives mass casualty shootings and gun death, said Swanso...
According to the Gun Violence Archive, as of Dec. 12 over 40,000 people in the U.S. had died this year as a result of guns, including by suicide. CONTEXT: Democrats largely favor stricter gun laws and expanded mental health services to reduce deaths. Republicans, wit...
Using Abbott’s framing, the mere suggestion of mental illness becomes the deciding risk factor for firearm violence instead of what it really is: a medical condition just like heart disease, cancer or diabetes. Furthermore, the suggestive psychiatric diagnoses floated by the media, laypeople ...
violence—as a victim, bystander, oreven just a part of the community—is associated with subsequenthigher rates of lifetime mental and physical health problems,and that exposure to gun violence can be particularly detrimental to long-term health.” A recent review found 31 articles focusing on ...