Using Research Evidence to Reframe the Policy Debate Around Mental Illness and Guns: Process and Recommendations.

• Autores: Emma E. McGinty, Shannon Frattaroli, Paul S. Appelbaum, Richard J. Bonnie, Anna Grilley, Joshua Horwitz, Jeffrey Swanson, Daniel W. Webster
• Localización: American journal of public health, ISSN 0090-0036, Vol. 104, Nº. 11, 2014, págs. 22-26
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Recent mass shootings have prompted a national dialogue around mental illness and gun policy. To advance an evidence-informed policy agenda on this 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. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]