Citation

Walkup JT, Rubin DH. New Engl. J. Med. 2013; 368(5): 399-401.

Affiliation

From the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, Weill Cornell Medical College and New York-Presbyterian Hospital, New York.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2013, Massachusetts Medical Society)

DOI

10.1056/NEJMp1215605

PMID

23272975

Abstract

In the aftermath of the great tragedy in Newtown, Connecticut, the mental health community is responding to our own and others' desperation to understand why this event occurred and is advocating for strategies that might prevent similar events in the future. Discussion has focused on whether Adam Lanza was mentally ill, the risk of violence among the mentally ill, access to high-quality mental health care, gun control, and the relationship between the media and violence. An important dimension that has been less discussed is the question of social withdrawal and isolation, within and beyond the confines of mental illness. For . . .

Language: en