Citation

Vernick JS, McGinty EE, Rutkow L. J. Law Med. Ethics 2015; 43(Suppl 1): 76-78.

Affiliation

Professor at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2015, American Society of Law, Medicine and Ethics, Publisher John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1111/jlme.12222

PMID

25846171

Abstract

Most persons with mental illness are never violent. However, during certain high-risk periods, small subgroups of individuals with serious mental illness are at increased risk of violence. We review epidemiologic evidence, federal law, and a recent case addressing whether persons subject to emergency mental health detentions constitutionally can be denied firearm ownership.

Language: en