Mental Health Emergency Detentions and Access to Firearms

Jon S. Vernick; Emma E. Mcginty; Lainie Rutkow

doi:10.1111/jlme.12222

Mental Health Emergency Detentions and Access to Firearms

Jon S. Vernick, Emma E. Mcginty, Lainie Rutkow

Bloomberg School of Public Health

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Abstract

Most persons with mental illness are never violent. However, during certain high-risk periods, small subgroups of individuals with serious mental illness are at increased risk of violence. We review epidemiologic evidence, federal law, and a recent case addressing whether persons subject to emergency mental health detentions constitutionally can be denied firearm ownership.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	76-78
Number of pages	3
Journal	Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics
Volume	43
Issue number	s1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/jlme.12222
State	Published - Mar 1 2015

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