After Newtown: Mental Illness And Violence

The mass killings of 20 children and 6 adults in Newtown, CT, in December 2012 captured the public's attention more profoundly than did a spate of earlier shootings, including the July 2012 theatre massacre in Aurora, CO, that killed 12 and wounded 59, and the 2010 Arizona rampage that killed 6...

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Published in:Health Affairs 2013-03, Vol.32 (3), p.447-450
Main Authors: Shern, David, Lindstrom, Wayne
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Behavior
Children & youth
Crime and criminals
Disease
Disease prevention
Firearms
Giffords, Gabrielle Dee
Health care policy
Health insurance
Health services
Homicide
Insurance coverage
Intervention
Mass murders
Massacres
Medicaid
Mental disorders
Mental health
Mental health care
Polls & surveys
Prevention
Public health
Shootings
United States
Violence
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Summary:The mass killings of 20 children and 6 adults in Newtown, CT, in December 2012 captured the public's attention more profoundly than did a spate of earlier shootings, including the July 2012 theatre massacre in Aurora, CO, that killed 12 and wounded 59, and the 2010 Arizona rampage that killed 6 and wounded Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and 12 others. Perhaps the reason Newtown gripped the national psyche so intensely was the poignant loss of so many young children, and the fact that they died in a place they presume to be safe -- a suburban elementary school. Of the 17 nations included in the World Mental Health Survey, the US has the highest rate of mental illness. In remarks following the Newtown shooting, Pres Barack Obama asserted, thye're going to need to work on making access to mental health care at least as easy as access to a gun.
ISSN:0278-2715
1544-5208
DOI:10.1377/hlthaff.2013.0085