The Lasting Impacts of School Shootings on Youth Psychotropic Drug Use

Max Pienkny, Maya Rossin-Slater, Molly Schnell and Hannes Schwandt

AEA Papers and Proceedings, 2024, vol. 114, 387-93

Abstract: This paper estimates the effects of fatal school shootings on youth psychotropic drug use over the subsequent five and a half years. Using an event study approach that compares trends in drugs prescribed by providers practicing close to a school shooting relative to those practicing slightly farther away, we find that fatal school shootings lead to large increases in youth psychotropic drug use that persist for years after the event. These effects are driven primarily by increases in prescriptions for antidepressants and antipsychotics and are observed among both youths who were previously taking psychotropic medication and those who were not.

JEL-codes: D91 I12 I21 J13 K42 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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