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The effects of gun violence on mental health According to Clinical Psychologist Leah Blain, Ph.D., exposure to trauma, including to gun violence, increases the risk of negative health outcomes likepost-traumatic stress disorder(PTSD), anxiety, and depression. These disorders can cause and exacerbat...
There are two questions, really. First, are people with mental illnesses more likely to commit an act of gun violence? That question is important, but so is the reverse: When an act of gun violence is committed, is the perpetrator likely to have a mental disorder? "In short, the answer...
and other behavioral indicators of risk are much stronger predictors of future gun violence than having a serious mental health diagnosis, the researchers say, echoing the findings of the Consortium for Risk-Based Firearm Policy, a group of national experts on gun-violence prevention and mental illn...
In the aftermath of a mass casualty event like Tuesday's shooting in Uvalde, Texas, blame swirls, often landing on one frequent victim: mental illness. However, years of research show that mental illness does not play a role in the vast majority of gun violence. ...
Researchers found that contrary to public beliefs, most mental health symptoms were not tied to gun violence; instead, easy firearm access was the primary cause. “News media coverage on gun violence tended to implicate mental illness as the cause of gun violence and fr...
Dr. Judith Curry had the courage years ago to urge broadening climate research about "natural variability" including solar effects. She wrote -'I think that...James MatkinThe New York timesDon't Blame ...
The root causes of any type of gun violence are complex and often associated with additional risk factors that correlate more strongly than mental illness alone. Studies show that alcohol and drug usage increase therisk of violent crime by as much as sevenfold, even among persons with no ...
What’s to blame for our epidemic of gun violence aren’t the guns — but mental illness. “People want a quick solution. The long-term solution here is to address the mental health issue,” Abbott said on Sunday. The claim was repeated by Rep. Keith Self, a congressman representing ...
Mental illness and gun violence: lessons for the United States from Australia and Britain In the United States, the nexus between mental illness and shootings has been the subject of heated argument. An extreme expression of one point of view is... R Evans,C Farmer,J Saligari - 《Violence...