TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2018//
TI  - Gun violence: a biopsychosocial disease
JO  - Western journal of emergency medicine
A1  - Hargarten, Stephen W.
A1  - Lerner, E. Brooke
A1  - Gorelick, Marc
A1  - Brasel, Karen J.
A1  - Deroon-Cassini, Terri
A1  - Kohlbeck, Sara
SP  - 1024
EP  - 1027
VL  - 19
IS  - 6
N2  - Gun violence is a complex biopsychosocial disease and as such, requires a multidisciplinary approach to understanding and treatment. Framing gun violence as a disease places it firmly within medical and public health practice. By applying the disease model to gun violence, it is possible to explore the host, agent, and environment in which gun violence occurs, and to identify risk factors to target for prevention. This approach also provides an opportunity to address scientifically inaccurate assumptions about gun violence. In addition, there are many opportunities for medical communities to treat gun violence as a disease by considering and treating the biologic, behavioral, and social aspects of this disease. The medical community must answer recent calls to engage in gun violence prevention, and employing this model of gun violence as a biopsychosocial disease provides a framework for engagement.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1936-900X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.5811/westjem.2018.7.38021
ID  - ref1
ER  -