TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2015//
TI  - Guns, impulsive angry behavior, and mental disorders: results from the National Comorbidity Survey Replication (NCS-R)
JO  - Behavioral sciences and the law
A1  - Swanson, Jeffrey W.
A1  - Sampson, Nancy A.
A1  - Petukhova, Maria V.
A1  - Zaslavsky, Alan M.
A1  - Appelbaum, Paul S.
A1  - Swartz, Marvin S.
A1  - Kessler, Ronald C.
SP  - 199
EP  - 212
VL  - 33
IS  - 2-3
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 0735-3936
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/bsl.2172
ID  - ref1
ER  -