A Reassessment of Blaming Mass Shootings on Mental Illness.
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Effects of news media messages about mass shootings on attitudes toward persons with serious mental illness and public support for gun control policies.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- JAMA psychiatry
دوره 75 4 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2018