@article{ref1,
title="The influence of New York's SAFE Act on individuals seeking mental health treatment",
journal="Psychiatric quarterly",
year="2020",
author="Charder, Nicole and Liberatos, Penny and Trobiano, Michael and Dornbush, Rhea L. and Way, Bruce B. and Lerman, Alexander",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="Responding to mass shootings, some states have passed gun removal laws (e.g., NYS' SAFE Act), requiring that mental health professionals report patients who might potentially harm themselves/others. The purpose of this study was to assess whether knowledge of the SAFE Act impacts patients' mental health treatment-seeking and symptom-reporting behaviors. Patients at two mental health centers were surveyed during 2014-2018. Participants were asked if they would be concerned about being reported to county government, likelihood of seeking mental health treatment, and willingness to report mental health symptoms/behaviors given the SAFE Act's provisions. 228 patients (71.5% response rate) completed questionnaires. About 18% were concerned about being reported to county government, 9% would be less likely to seek mental health treatment, and about 23% would be less willing to report mental health symptoms/behaviors. Although these behaviors were not affected for most participants, there was a small minority who were concerned and less willing to report mental health symptoms/behaviors.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0033-2720",
doi="10.1007/s11126-020-09816-4",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11126-020-09816-4"
}