Journal article
Mental illness and reduction of gun violence and suicide: bringing epidemiologic research to policy.
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PURPOSE: This article describes epidemiologic evidence concerning risk of gun violence and suicide linked to psychiatric disorders, in contrast to media-fueled public perceptions of the dangerousness of mentally ill individuals, and evaluates effectiveness of policies and laws designed to prevent firearms injury and mortality associated with serious mental illnesses and substance use disorders. METHODS: Research concerning public attitudes toward persons with mental illness is reviewed and ju...
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- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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(Version of record, pdf, 979.6KB)
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- Publisher copy:
- 10.1016/j.annepidem.2014.03.004
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- Publisher:
- Elsevier Publisher's website
- Journal:
- Annals of epidemiology Journal website
- Volume:
- 25
- Issue:
- 5
- Pages:
- 366–376
- Publication date:
- 2015-05-01
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1873-2585
- ISSN:
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1047-2797
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- Language:
- English
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- Local pid:
- pubs:466147
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466147
- Deposit date:
- 2014-06-21
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- Copyright holder:
- Swanson et al
- Copyright date:
- 2015
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Copyright © 2015 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc. This is an open access article under the CC BY license
(http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/). Open Access funded by Wellcome Trust.
- Licence:
- CC Attribution (CC BY)
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