CNN International (8/19, Wolf) reports that “after the shootings earlier this month in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, the American Psychiatric Association issued a statement calling the gun violence a public health crisis that needs attention.” The APA, which has “called for additional funding for mental health programs,” said in that statement, “It is important to note that the overwhelming majority of people with mental illness are not violent and far more likely to be victims of violent crime than perpetrators of violence. Rhetoric that argues otherwise will further stigmatize and interfere with people accessing needed treatment.”
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— “Mental health advocates say reopening institutions won’t stop mass shootings, “Zachary B. Wolf, CNN, August 19, 2019