In this episode of Welcome to Group Therapy we discuss mass shootings and mental health.

In our discussion we cover:

• Our personal feelings about the recent mass shooting at Apalachee High School

• The link between mass shootings and mental health

• What changes we would like to see to reduce mass shootings in the United States

Google Scholar Shorts Article: The Roles of Race and Mental Health in the On‐scene Outcomes of Public Mass Shootings

https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s12552-024-09416-y.pdf (https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s12552-024-09416-y.pdf)

Additional Resources:

• Is There a Link Between Mental Health and Mass Shootings? https://www.columbiapsychiatry.org/news/mass-shootings-and-mental-illness (https://www.columbiapsychiatry.org/news/mass-shootings-and-mental-illness)

• Mass Shootings’ Relationship to Mental Illness https://www.psychiatrictimes.com/view/mass-shootings-relationship-to-mental-illness (https://www.psychiatrictimes.com/view/mass-shootings-relationship-to-mental-illness)

• Gun Violence Must Stop. Here's What We Can Do to Prevent More Deaths https://www.preventioninstitute.org/focus-areas/preventing-violence-and-reducing-injury/preventing-violence-advocacy (https://www.preventioninstitute.org/focus-areas/preventing-violence-and-reducing-injury/preventing-violence-advocacy)

• Research shows policies that may help prevent mass shootings — and some that don't https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2022/05/26/1101423558/how-can-mas-shootings-be-prevented-definitive-answers-are-hard-to-come-by

(https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2022/05/26/1101423558/how-can-mas-shootings-be-prevented-definitive-answers-are-hard-to-come-by)

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