Tag: mass shooting

ā€œMaybe Oregon Shooting and Others Aren’t About Mental Illnessā€

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Matthew Cooper, writing for Newsweek, reports that despite the preponderance of political rhetoric about ā€œmental illnessā€ after mass shootings, a review of the research suggests that the connection between mental health and gun violence is dubious.

John Oliver on Mental Health

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On his weekly HBO show, Last Week Tonight, host John Oliver argues that the tendency to discuss mental health in the wake of a mass shooting is "deeply misleading."