Using research evidence to reframe the policy debate around mental illness and guns: Process and recommendations

E.E. McGinty, S. Frattaroli, P.S. Appelbaum, R.J. Bonnie, A. Grilley, J. Horwitz, J.W. Swanson and D.W. Webster

American Journal of Public Health, 2014, vol. 104, issue 11, e22-e26

Abstract: Recent mass shootings have prompted a national dialogue around mental illness and gun policy. To advance anevidence-informedpolicy agendaonthis controversial issue, we formed a consortium of national gun violence prevention and mental health experts. The consortium agreed on a guiding principle for future policy recommendations: restricting firearm access on the basis of certain dangerous behaviors is supported by the evidence; restricting access on the basis of mental illness diagnoses is not. We describe the group's process and recommendations. © 2014, American Public Health Association Inc. All rights reserved.

Keywords: evidence based practice; firearm; human; legislation and jurisprudence; management; mental disease; policy; prevention and control; psychology; risk factor; United States; violence, Evidence-Based Practice; Firearms; Humans; Mental Disorders; Policy Making; Public Policy; Risk Factors; United States; Violence (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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