The New York City shooter who sought to attack NFL offices said he had a degenerative brain disease, called chronic traumatic encephalopathy, thought to be related to playing contact sports like football.
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States with red flag laws saw fewer firearm deaths, on average, than states without them.
In the wake of yet more mass murders, people want answers. Some questions that arise about the tragedies relate to mental illness. A psychiatrist answers three here.
After mass shootings, a cry for mandated treatment of people with mental illness often arises. Doing so, however, is unlikely to curb gun violence.
When mass shootings occur, some people insist the focus should be on mental illness, not gun control. A psychiatrist explains how that view misses the mark.
