Guns, Impulsive Angry Behavior, and Mental Disorders: Results from the National Comorbidity Survey Replication (NCS-R)

Behavioral Sciences and the Law

Volumn 33, Issue 2-3, 2015, Pages 199-212

  Swanson, Jeffrey W ^a   Sampson, Nancy A ^b   Petukhova, Maria V ^b   Zaslavsky, Alan M ^b   Appelbaum, Paul S ^c   Swartz, Marvin S ^a   Kessler, Ronald C ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANGER; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; FIREARM; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANGER; COMMITMENT OF MENTALLY ILL; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; FIREARMS; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84931576076     PISSN: 07353936     EISSN: 10990798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bsl.2172     Document Type: Article

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