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- Is There a Link Between Mental Health and Gun Violence? http://www.newyorker.com/science/maria-konnikova/almost-link-mental-health-gun-violence 26 comments
- Many mental health symptoms have no link to using firearms to threaten someone, despite the prevailing media perception of mental health being associated with gun violence, suggests new study (n=663). Hostility predicted threatening someone with a gun, while impulsivity predicted gun carriage. https://www.psypost.org/2019/09/study-finds-common-mental-health-symptoms-are-unrelated-to-gun-threats-54468 6 comments science