Speaker(s)
The presentation will be a lively research-based talk, supported by judicious use of PowerPoint slides, and a bit of live music to make things more engaging and enjoyable.
Objectives:
- Enumerate facts and data refuting the spurious correlation between mental illness and violence
- Describe promising harm reduction approaches to gun violence and mass shootings
- Discuss an alternative explanation for mass shootings and gun violence built on the phenonmena of social isolation and withdrawal.