Using research evidence to reframe the policy debate around mental illness and guns: process and recommendations.
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- Also identified by DOI 10.2105/AJPH.2014.302171 and PMC identifier 4202989.
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Abstract
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.
Medical subject headings
- Firearms
- Mental Disorders
- Policy Making