TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2015//
TI  - Mental health emergency detentions and access to firearms
JO  - Journal of law, medicine and ethics
A1  - Vernick, Jon S.
A1  - McGinty, Emma Elizabeth
A1  - Rutkow, Lainie
SP  - 76
EP  - 78
VL  - 43
IS  - Suppl 1
N2  - 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.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1073-1105
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jlme.12222
ID  - ref1
ER  -