How Mass Shootings Can Affect Mental Health

The Mental Health Impact of Mass Shootings - Brady Campaign

For survivors the mental & physical tolls don't stop when the shooting does, they keep fighting to overcome a variety of mental and physical health impacts.

Mass Shootings In The United States: Population Health Impacts ...

KEY POINTS. Mass shootings are tragedies resulting in multiple victims of firearm-related violence in a single incident, and typically in a ...

Stress of mass shootings causing cascade of collective traumas

The regularity of mass shootings is razing Americans' mental health—heightening stress and dulling compassion in ways that demand broader ...

The Mental Health Consequences of Mass Shootings - PubMed

Mass shooting episodes have increased over recent decades and received substantial media coverage. Despite the potentially widespread and ...

Is There a Link Between Mental Health and Mass Shootings?

Findings from the Columbia database help dispel the myth that having a severe psychiatric illness is predictive of who will perpetrate mass ...

How Mass Shootings Can Affect Mental Health - WebMD

You may be at risk for more severe psychological trauma if you: Have mental health issues before the shooting; Are female; Are close to someone ...

Surviving a school shooting: Impacts on the mental health ...

Research indicates a higher rate of antidepressant use among those exposed to a school shooting in the years following the gun violence. School shootings lead ...

What Gun Violence Does to Our Mental Health - The New York Times

Mass shootings and other types of trauma can have ripple effects not only for survivors but also for those who follow the news of the ...

Mental illness and reduction of gun violence and suicide

This article describes epidemiologic evidence concerning risk of gun violence and suicide linked to psychiatric disorders, in contrast to media-fueled ...

Mass Shootings' Relationship to Mental Illness - Psychiatric Times

If all violence in the US that is due to mental disorders could be eliminated, 95% to 97% of violent behavior would remain.

It's tempting to say gun violence is about mental illness. The truth is ...

Focusing on mental illness as the cause of mass shootings diverts attention from the larger problem of gun violence in the U.S., ...

Mental Illness, Mass Shootings, and the Future of Psychiatric ...

On the one hand, the public's a priori definition of mass shooters as seriously mentally ill invites and reinforces unrealistic expectations that mental health ...

Mass shootings take a toll on Americans' mental health, even from a ...

"We're going to create an entire generation of people with increased mental health problems," one psychologist warned.

What Are the Real Warning Signs of a Mass Shooting?

While some mass shootings are committed by people with diagnosed mental illnesses, a life crisis is a better predictor of violence, ...

What to Expect in the Wake of Mass Violence - PTSD

We know from the research on mass shootings that the people who were directly involved are likely to have more severe traumatic stress reactions ...

Mass Shootings and the Impacts to Emotional Health & Well-Being

1 in 2 Americans believe that current mental health support systems are inadequate to address the trauma associated with gun violence. 3 out 5 ...

Mass Shootings Leave Lasting Psychological Wounds

Tragedies such as the ones in Uvalde, Tex., and Buffalo, NY, can lead to major depression, PTSD and other lingering mental distress among survivors.

The Mental Health Consequences of Mass Shootings

We identified 49 peer-reviewed articles, comprised of 27 independent samples in the aftermath of 15 mass shooting incidents. Based on our review, we concluded ...

Dispelling the myth of violence and mental illness, with Joel Dvoskin ...

Recent mass shootings have inevitably led to news reports of the suspected shooters' mental health, but psychological research shows there is no clear link ...

Experts reveal mental health impacts of mass shootings on young ...

Children can respond in a wide range of ways including being numb to the event, being more angry or irritable, suffering from high anxiety and being fearful of ...