Open AccessSocial Withdrawal and Violence — Newtown, Connecticut
Author(s) -
John T. Walkup,
David Rubin
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
new england journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 19.889
H-Index - 1030
eISSN - 1533-4406
pISSN - 0028-4793
DOI - 10.1056/nejmp1215605
Subject(s) - tragedy (event) , social isolation , medicine , mental illness , isolation (microbiology) , psychiatry , criminology , face (sociological concept) , power (physics) , psychology , mental health , sociology , social science , physics , microbiology and biotechnology , quantum mechanics , biology
An important dimension of the Newtown tragedy is social withdrawal and isolation, within and beyond the confines of mental illness. Withdrawn and isolated people face deep-seated barriers to care, and some may be uniquely vulnerable to the seductive power of violence.
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