Firearm laws: A primer for psychiatrists

Harvard Review of Psychiatry

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 326-335

  Price, Marilyn ^a,b   Norris, Donna Marie ^c  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

firearm; guns; homicide; legislation; suicide; violence

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLISM; CRIMINAL LAW; DISEASE SEVERITY; FIREARM; HEALTH SURVEY; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL PATIENT; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PARANOID SCHIZOPHRENIA; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT; PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT; PSYCHIATRIST; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCHIZOPHRENIA; STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SUICIDE; VICTIM; VIOLENCE;

EXPERT TESTIMONY; FIREARMS; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; INSANITY DEFENSE; MENTAL DISORDERS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

EID: 78649315113     PISSN: 10673229     EISSN: 14657309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10673229.2010.527520     Document Type: Review

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