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. 2014 Nov;104(11):e22-6.
doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2014.302171. Epub 2014 Sep 11.

Using research evidence to reframe the policy debate around mental illness and guns: process and recommendations

Emma E McGinty  1 , Shannon Frattaroli, Paul S Appelbaum, Richard J Bonnie, Anna Grilley, Joshua Horwitz, Jeffrey W Swanson, Daniel W Webster
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Using research evidence to reframe the policy debate around mental illness and guns: process and recommendations

Emma E McGinty et al. Am J Public Health. 2014 Nov.

Abstract

Recent mass shootings have prompted a national dialogue around mental illness and gun policy. To advance an evidence-informed policy agenda on this controversial issue, we formed a consortium of national gun violence prevention and mental health experts. The consortium agreed on a guiding principle for future policy recommendations: restricting firearm access on the basis of certain dangerous behaviors is supported by the evidence; restricting access on the basis of mental illness diagnoses is not. We describe the group's process and recommendations.

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