Getting the facts straight about gun violence and mental illness: Putting compassion before fear

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 159, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 423-424

  Fisher, Carl E ^a   Lieberman, Jeffrey A ^a  

^a NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEAR; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; LAW; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL PATIENT; NOTE; POLITICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; VIOLENCE;

EMPATHY; FEAR; FIREARMS; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

EID: 84884177264     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: 15393704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-159-5-201309030-00679     Document Type: Note

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