Study Finds Mass Shooters May Be Suffering from Untreated Mental Illnesses
A study recently published in the “Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology” has found that some domestic mass shooters in the United States suffer from psychiatric disorders that they haven’t been treated for or received medication for. The report, written by Ira D. Glick and colleagues, highlighted that while most individuals who are mentally ill aren’t violent and most who are violent aren’t mentally ill, their research would be useful to lawyers, mental health providers and the public, who needed to be aware of the fact that some unmedicated individuals pose a higher risk of violence. For their study, the researchers identified…
