Exploring the potential of stricter gun restrictions for people with serious mental illness to reduce homicide in the United States

Journal of Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 362-369

  Matejkowski, Jason ^a   Fairfax Columbo, Jaymes ^b   Cullen, Sara W ^c   Marcus, Steven C ^c   Solomon, Phyllis L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

gun violence; multiple victim homicide; serious mental illness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GUN; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MANIA; MENTAL DISEASE; OFFENDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; WEAPON;

EID: 84901416644     PISSN: 14789949     EISSN: 14789957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14789949.2014.909868     Document Type: Article

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