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Guns and the Mental Health Misnomer

While mass shootings continue to escalate, politics has led to the absence of solid, peer-reviewed research that will help identify individuals who might commit violent crimes. Column by Philip M. Boffey

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Seeking Clues to Criminality in the Brain

Researchers find anatomical suggestions that a particular circuit is altered in some people who commit crimes.

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Understanding Psychopathy

Details on how people with psychopathy weigh the costs and benefits of lying as compared with others will help us better understand the disorder and could help find ways to stem its severity.

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The Brains that Pull the Triggers

What leads seemingly ordinary people to lead or join in committing genocidal violence?

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Mental illness, Violence, and Stigma: The Need for Accuracy in the Media

How tightly is violence tied to mental illness? Not as tight as US journalism makes it appear, researchers say.

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Forecasting Aggression

Toward a New Interdisciplinary Understanding of What Makes Some Troubled Youth Turn Violent

It takes a series of unfortunate circumstances for an adolescent to turn violent. While early exposure to familial violence can play a role, so too can biological influences such as hormone levels and genetic predispositions. The combination of these factors can be deadly. Although genes and other biological causes are difficult to identify and may be impossible to overcome through known therapeutic methods, medical professionals’ intervention techniques can help minimize aggressive behavior related to environmental factors.

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