Objectives To describe all-outcome injurious shootings by police and compare characteristics of fatal versus nonfatal injurious shootings nationally. Methods From July 2021 to April 2023, we manually reviewed publicly available records on all 2015–2020 injurious...
Abstract Mass shootings are often blamed on serious mental illness. This study assesses the role of psychosis in contributing to mass shootings along a continuum. The role of psychosis is compared with other motivations for mass shootings including employment issues,...
Methods Publicly available rates for psychiatric diagnoses (excluding primary diagnosis of substance abuse) in nonfederal hospitals in Connecticut were obtained for the period 2009–2017 (4). All years are reported from October 1 of the previous year, hence 2013 is...
Understanding why different nations have different homicide and suicide rates has been of interest to scholars, policy makers and the general public for years. Multiple theories have been offered, related to the economy, presence of guns and even exposure to violence...
Objectives To describe the characteristics of military personnel and veterans who decline to answer survey items asking about firearm availability at home, and to determine how these characteristics compare to those of military personnel and veterans who answered...
