The Virginia Tech Massacre: Strategies and Challenges for Improving Mental Health Policy on Campus and Beyond

Since the tragic events at Virginia Tech in 2007, in which 1 student gunned down 27 fellow students, 5 faculty members, and injured a score of others before taking his own life, many more such shootings have occurred on campuses. Most have taken place in the United States. Columbine (whose episode preceded that of Virginia Tech), Fort Hood, Gabby Giffords, Aurora, and Sandy Hook are emblazoned on our collective American consciousness. Students, faculty, and staff at college and university settings have since become all too familiar with the email/text/phone drills of “ACTIVE SHOOTER ON CAMPUS,” while dreading the time the alert will not end with “THIS IS ONLY A TEST.”
Source: Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry - Category: Psychiatry Authors: Tags: Book forum Source Type: research