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The Impact of Gun Violence on Children and Adolescents


The Impact of Gun Violence on Children and Adolescents - KFF

This brief explores the impacts of gun violence on children and adolescents (ages 17 and below) by answering the following key questions.

The Impact of Gun Violence on Children, Families, & Communities

CWLA's National Blueprint points out that children and youth exposed to chronic trauma can experience inhibited brain development, producing a lasting impact on ...

The Impact of Gun Violence on Children and Teens

Children and teens in the US experience staggeringly high rates of gun deaths and injuries. They are also harmed when a friend or family member is killed with ...

The Health and Economic Toll of Gun Violence in Youth

Those who lost a child or a sibling to firearm injuries experienced more than twice as many psychiatric disorders after their loss than before ...

Youth in the Crossfire: The Devastating Impact of Gun Violence on ...

Black children in the United States are about five times more likely to die from gun violence than their white counterparts. Disturbingly, 84% ...

Mitigating the effects of gun violence on children and youth - PubMed

Children exposed to gun violence may experience negative short- and long-term psychological effects, including anger, withdrawal, posttraumatic stress, and ...

5 Things We Can Do About Gun Violence and Children

Children who witness gun violence can experience a variety of mental and behavioral health concerns including anxiety, depression, isolation and post-traumatic ...

Gun violence increases physical and mental disorders in families ...

The study, which focused on children who survive a shooting, found that those kids experience “substantial” increases in physical and mental health disorders.

Child & Teen Gun Safety - Everytown

Exposure to gun violence has an impact on the psychological and mental well-being of children and teens and affects their school performance, among other ...

Gun Violence Is Having a Devastating Impact on Young People

Stay informed on Gun Violence Prevention · Impaired cognitive functioning · Feelings of hypervigilance · Extreme noise sensitivity · Difficulty with ...

The Lasting Impact of Exposure to Gun Violence - Undark Magazine

On an individual level, exposure to gun violence increases the likelihood of depression, post-traumatic stress symptoms, anxiety disorders, ...

Effects of Gun Violence on Mental Health - HelpGuide.org

Research shows that exposure to gun violence increases levels of withdrawal and anger in children. It can also desensitize them to violence and ...

Guns Remain Leading Cause of Death for Children and Teens

The annual report's major focus this year is on gun deaths among children ages 1 to 17. In the U.S., gun death rates in this age group have ...

Understanding the Impact of Seeing Gun Violence and Hearing ...

Current gun violence prevention has typically targeted adolescents; however, current findings suggest the need to focus on younger children as well, including ...

Reviewing the Literature on the Impact of Gun Violence on Early ...

These impacts included increased depression, PTSD, and anxiety in young children [33]. Shonfield and Domeria's study on supporting children ...

Gun Violence: The Impact on Society - NIHCM

Gun violence has significant health and economic consequences, especially among child and adolescent survivors.

Gun Violence in Children: A Growing Public Health Crisis

Gun violence has become the leading cause of death among children and adolescents in the United States, surpassing motor vehicle accidents.

The Impact of Gun Violence on Children's Mental Health – CWLA

According to the WSJ reporting, there has been drastic uptick in youth murders since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic; decades of progress were reversed due ...

The Effects of Firearm Violence on Children

4. Pilar Bancalari, Marni Sommer, and Sonali Rajan. “Youth Exposure to Endemic Community. Gun Violence: A Systemic Review,” Adolescent Research Review 7, 3 ( ...

How Gun Violence Affects Your Child and How to Support Their ...

Firearms have become the leading cause of death for U.S. children ages one to 19, and that includes all types of firearm-related ...