@article{ref1,
title="Guns, impulsive angry behavior, and mental disorders: results from the National Comorbidity Survey Replication (NCS-R)",
journal="Behavioral sciences and the law",
year="2015",
author="Swanson, Jeffrey W. and Sampson, Nancy A. and Petukhova, Maria V. and Zaslavsky, Alan M. and Appelbaum, Paul S. and Swartz, Marvin S. and Kessler, Ronald C.",
volume="33",
number="2-3",
pages="199-212",
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.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0735-3936",
doi="10.1002/bsl.2172",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/bsl.2172"
}