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Contrary to what many believe, a new study finds that mental illness isn t a factor in most mass shootings or other types of mass murder. The findings from this potentially definitive study suggest that emphasis on serious mental illness, such as schizophrenia or psychotic mood disorders, as a risk factor for mass shootings is given undue emphasis, leading to public fear and stigmatization, study co-leader Gary Brucato said in a Columbia University news release. He s an associate research scientist in the university s Department of Psychiatry in New York City.
Brucato and his colleagues analyzed 1,315 mass murders of all types that occurred worldwide and found that only 11% of all mass murderers (including shooters) and only 8% of mass shooters had serious mental illness.
Study: Mental illness not a factor in most mass shootings
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Contrary to what many believe, a new study finds that mental illness isn t a factor in most mass shootings or other types of mass murder. The findings from this potentially definitive study suggest that emphasis on serious mental illness, such as schizophrenia or psychotic mood disorders, as a risk factor for mass shootings is given undue emphasis, leading to public fear and stigmatization, study co-leader Gary Brucato said in a Columbia University news release.
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He s an associate research scientist in the university s Department of Psychiatry in New York City.
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Malekoff retiring from North Shore Child & Family Guidance Center By: Adina Genn February 24, 2021 Comments Off on Malekoff retiring from North Shore Child & Family Guidance Center
Andrew Malekoff, the long-time CEO of North Shore Child & Family Guidance Center, headquartered in Roslyn Heights has announced his retirement. A search is underway for the center’s next leader.
Malekoff joined the center as an intern in 1977, and served as its executive director and CEO for 15 years. He will retire from the organization in July.
He led the center’s substance use treatment and prevention program, which earned the agency an Outpatient Chemical Dependency for Youth License to treat adolescents.
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