Mental Health, Gun Violence and Suicide (IMAGE)

Duke University Medical Center

Mental Health, Gun Violence and Suicide

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Researchers at Duke Health studied records of 81,704 adults in Florida over 10 years to understand how legal gun access affects violent crime and suicide in people with schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and major depression in the public behavioral health system.

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Mark Dubowski for Duke Health

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