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Guns and mental illness: A psychiatrist explains the complexities

  • Written by Arash Javanbakht, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Wayne State University
Guns and mental illness: A psychiatrist explains the complexitiesPres. Trump speaking on Aug. 5, 2019 about the mass shootings in El Paso, Tex. and Dayton, Ohio.Evan Vucci/AP Photo

President Donald Trump called for reform of mental health laws on the heels of two deadly shootings that claimed the lives of at least 31 people and left a grief-stricken country in disbelief.

The president, saying that “hatred...

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