‘Most Violence Is Not Caused by Mental Illness’

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🗓️ 8 June 2022

⏱️ 24 minutes

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After a series of deadly mass shootings in the United States, the National Rifle Association and some Republican leaders and conservatives are pointing to mental illness. This approach raises a question: How can the mental health system stop gun violence when mental illness is so rarely the cause of it? We revisit a conversation from 2018 with a psychiatrist who is wrestling with that challenge. Guest: Dr. Amy Barnhorst, the vice chairwoman of community psychiatry at the University of California, Davis.

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0:43.0	Republican leaders, conservatives, and the NRA are all again pointing to mental illness
0:50.4	in response to a series of deadly mass shootings.
0:54.5	But that raises a question.
0:56.8	How can the mental health system stop assuding when most shooters aren't mentally ill?
1:05.4	Today we revisit a conversation I first had in 2018 with a psychiatrist who is wrestling
1:13.6	with that challenge.
1:28.4	It's Wednesday, June 8th.
1:36.6	I don't believe that this insane monster should have ever been able to obtain a firearm, ever.
1:44.6	I do not think that he should have gotten his hands on any kind of weapon.
1:49.4	That's number one.
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