Experts say the relationship between mental health and gun violence is complex.
But experts say the relationship between mental health and gun violence is complex.
Because politicians, police and the public put so much attention on mental health in the wake of gun violence, Kimball said those who have been diagnosed with things like schizophrenia and bipolar disorder face discrimination and marginalization. She said the world will often confuse those conditions with things like psychosis, which has many causes, including paranoia, Alzheimer's disease, drug use, trauma or sleep deprivation.
Access to mental health care has been a passion of Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart, whose county seat is Chicago, a city no stranger to gun violence. In 2020, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot released a three-year violence reduction plan that addresses what she calls the root causes of violence, including systemic racism, disinvestment and poverty. The Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office confirmed 875 gun-related homicides in 2020, breaking the previous record of 838 set in 1994.
Oftentimes, police are the ones who are called when someone who has a diagnosed mental health condition is in crisis. That's why Dart said he makes sure his officers get training and why he developed a unit called Treatment Response Teams.Access to mental health care has been a passion of Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart, whose county seat is Chicago, a city no stranger to gun violence.
"All five siblings got phone calls that day from Louie," Cavazos said."It wasn't unusual for him to call. He sounded like Louis. I realized later that he was sentimental and I realize now that he was saying goodbye." "The friend basically left the gun unsecured with ammunition and told him that he wasn’t going to be home and to come over and get it," Cavazos said.
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