Highlighting Areas for Gun Violence Advocacy, as a Part of Medical Education in the USA

Violence is a behavior with many potential causes, including, but not limited to, mental illness, which is estimated to be the cause of about 4% of the violence found in the community [6]. Because of these factors, the effects of gun violence on public health are well within the purview of psychiatr...

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Published in:Academic psychiatry 2023-10, Vol.47 (5), p.466-468
Main Authors: Boodoo, Ramnarine, Lagman, Jasmin Gange, Eisele, Caroline, Saunders, Erika F. H.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Advocacy
Behavioral Objectives
Commentary
Core curriculum
Didacticism
Education, Medical
Educational objectives
Firearms
Graduate Medical Education
Gun violence
Gun Violence - prevention & control
Gun Violence - psychology
Humans
Mass murders
Medical Education
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Mental disorders
Physicians
Psychiatrists
Psychiatry
Public health
Teaching methods
The Role of Psychiatric Education in Addressing Mass Shootings and Preventing Violence
Violence - prevention & control
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Summary:Violence is a behavior with many potential causes, including, but not limited to, mental illness, which is estimated to be the cause of about 4% of the violence found in the community [6]. Because of these factors, the effects of gun violence on public health are well within the purview of psychiatry. Another reason is that exposure to gun violence causes significant adverse mental health outcomes both at an individual and a community level [17]. [...]advocacy to enhance the well-being of patients is an integral part of being a physician. Declarations Disclosures Erika Saunders declares having investigator-initiated grant funding from Pennsylvania State University; honoraria from the University of Oklahoma for grand rounds participation; participation on a data safety monitoring board related to nicotine use; leadership roles with the International Society for Bipolar Disorders, the American Society for Clinical Psychopharmacology, and the American Association for Chairs of Departments of Psychiatry.
ISSN:1042-9670
1545-7230
1545-7230
DOI:10.1007/s40596-023-01846-x