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- Title
Guns, Impulsive Angry Behavior, and Mental Disorders: Results from the National Comorbidity Survey Replication (NCS-R).
- Authors
Swanson, Jeffrey W.; Sampson, Nancy A.; Petukhova, Maria V.; Zaslavsky, Alan M.; Appelbaum, Paul S.; Swartz, Marvin S.; Kessler, Ronald C.
- Abstract
Analyses from the National Comorbidity Study Replication provide the first nationally representative estimates of the co-occurrence of impulsive angry behavior and possessing or carrying a gun among adults with and without certain mental disorders and demographic characteristics. The study found that a large number of individuals in the United States self-report patterns of impulsive angry behavior and also possess firearms at home (8.9%) or carry guns outside the home (1.5%). These data document associations of numerous common mental disorders and combinations of angry behavior with gun access. Because only a small proportion of persons with this risky combination have ever been involuntarily hospitalized for a mental health problem, most will not be subject to existing mental health-related legal restrictions on firearms resulting from a history of involuntary commitment. Excluding a large proportion of the general population from gun possession is also not likely to be feasible. Behavioral risk-based approaches to firearms restriction, such as expanding the definition of gun-prohibited persons to include those with violent misdemeanor convictions and multiple DUI convictions, could be a more effective public health policy to prevent gun violence in the population. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
- Subjects
UNITED States; IMPULSIVE personality; FIREARMS research; PEOPLE with mental illness; COMORBIDITY; WEAPONS possession; ANGER; HEALTH policy; VIOLENCE prevention
- Publication
Behavioral Sciences & the Law, 2015, Vol 33, Issue 2/3, p199
- ISSN
0735-3936
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/bsl.2172