Mass shootings, firearm injuries, and mental health

The correlation between mass shootings, firearm injuries, and mental health is an ongoing polarized debate within the U.S., making it essential to develop public policy on mental illness and firearm injuries exacerbated by a significant increase in firearm sales in March 2020. Although many mass shooters are labeled “mentally ill,” mental illness is only present in a small minority of cases. Most mentally ill people are never violent but are more likely to be the victims of violence.Easy access to firearms and a triggering event deriving from social and economic inequalities are primary causes of mass shoot ings and growing online radicalization.

Source: Archives of Psychiatric Nursing - October 27, 2023 Category: Nursing Authors: Aastha Krebs, Carole Mackavey Source Type: research