TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2021//
TI  - Misattribution of mental illness and gun violence
JO  - Social work
A1  - Simonsson, Jan Peter
A1  - Solomon, Phyllis
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - As concerns about gun violence such as mass shootings grow, social work, with its social justice-centered commitment, needs to assertively advocate for people with psychiatric disorders who are unjustifiably blamed for the violence (McGinty, Webster, Jarlenski, & Barry, 2014). Although extant research suggests that psychiatric disorders are a distal risk factor for violence (Peterson, Skeem, Kennealy, Bray, & Zvonkovic, 2014), in the aftermath of mass shootings, the media labels perpetrators as "mentally ill," fueling the narrative that people with psychiatric disorders are dangerous. Gun violence by this population is rare (Appelbaum, 2013), but the media framing of mental illness as the primary violence cause negatively influences public attitudes. In fact, research has found that, over the...<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0037-8046
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/sw/swab009
ID  - ref1
ER  -