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Half of all Americans want MH assessments for gun ownership
Author(s) -
Canady Valerie A.
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
mental health weekly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1556-7583
pISSN - 1058-1103
DOI - 10.1002/mhw.32912
Subject(s) - gun violence , mental health , politics , survey research , business , psychology , suicide prevention , medicine , family medicine , political science , poison control , law , medical emergency , psychiatry , applied psychology
Nearly half of Americans support mental health assessments for gun ownership, according to a new survey released Aug. 9 by Online‐therapy.com . The survey was administered by online survey platform Pollfish on May 6 and surveyed 1,250 Americans ages 18 and older regarding their opinions on federal laws requiring mental health evaluations for gun owners, their political affiliation and whether they themselves owned guns.