Mass Shootings and the News Media: What Can Psychiatrists Do?

• Published in: Academic psychiatry Vol. 43; no. 4; pp. 442 - 446
• Main Authors: Majeed, Muhammad Hassan, Sudak, Donna M., Beresin, Eugene
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 01.08.2019; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Adolescents; Column: Media; Drug use; Exposure to Violence - psychology; Firearms; Gangs; Humans; Mass Casualty Incidents - statistics & numerical data; Mass Media; Mass murders; Massacres; Media coverage; Medical Education; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Mental disorders; Mental health; Mentally Ill Persons - psychology; News media; Psychiatrists; Psychiatry; Social networks; Suicides & suicide attempts; Teenagers; Violent crime; Weapons; Wounds, Gunshot - mortality; United States > US

Homicides account for the next largest number leading the causes of death among African American males ages 18 to 34; in 2016, 5424 African American men were homicide victims [3]. [...]over half of the total mass shootings occur in domestic disputes and are a variant of family violence [1]. Violence...