@article{ref1,
title="Research driven policy: is financial capacity related to dangerousness?",
journal="Administration and policy in mental health",
year="2018",
author="Paxton, Maegan M. and DeLeon, Patrick H. and Bajjani-Gebara, Jouhayna E. and Spencer, Tonya",
volume="45",
number="4",
pages="689-691",
abstract="Current Veterans administration policy directly links a Veteran's adjudged capacity to manage personal financial resources with their ability to purchase or possess a firearm, pursuant to the regulatory authority of the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS). Preventing Veterans' suicide is a highly laudable public health objective. Effectively utilizing scientific research to &quot;inform&quot; public policy is equally important. The authors should be congratulated for their efforts. However, it is important in utilizing large set population-based data, especially social science data, to evaluate policy alternatives that there be substantial face (i.e., clinical) validity. Correlation does not necessarily represent causation.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0894-587X",
doi="10.1007/s10488-018-0885-7",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10488-018-0885-7"
}