7 min
Domestic Mass Shooters: The Association With Unmedicated and Untreated Psychiatric Illness The Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology Podcast
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- Medicine
Mass shootings have become a common occurrence in the United States and elsewhere. In this podcast, author Ira D. Glick discusses the research he and his colleagues conducted to analyze whether certain mass shooters had psychiatric illnesses and had received appropriate medication before they committed the violence. While the authors acknowledge the limitations in their research, their data suggest that many persons who commit domestic mass murders may have experienced compromising and untreated psychiatric illnesses.
Mass shootings have become a common occurrence in the United States and elsewhere. In this podcast, author Ira D. Glick discusses the research he and his colleagues conducted to analyze whether certain mass shooters had psychiatric illnesses and had received appropriate medication before they committed the violence. While the authors acknowledge the limitations in their research, their data suggest that many persons who commit domestic mass murders may have experienced compromising and untreated psychiatric illnesses.
7 min