Gun violence: Psychiatry, risk assessment, and social policy

Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 337-343

  Gold, Liza H ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDITORIAL; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FIREARM; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; POLICY; PSYCHIATRY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL STIGMA; STATISTICS; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DANGEROUS BEHAVIOR; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; FIREARMS; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PSYCHIATRY; PUBLIC POLICY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL STIGMA; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84884374998     PISSN: 10936793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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