Season 2 Episode #21 - Exploring a Link Between Mental Illness and Mass Shootings

June 30, 2023 00:49:17
Season 2 Episode #21 - Exploring a Link Between Mental Illness and Mass Shootings
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Season 2 Episode #21 - Exploring a Link Between Mental Illness and Mass Shootings

Jun 30 2023 | 00:49:17

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Show Notes

This episode explores whether there is a link between mental illness and mass killings, a tragic phenomenon that is relatively unique to the United States. The National Council for Behavioral Health wrote in 2019, “after (mass shootings), political leaders often invoke mental illness as the reason for mass violence, a narrative that resonates with the […]

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