Evidence points to better mental health support for people who’ve suffered traumatic incidents as children could prevent a lot of mass shootings.
The topic of youth trauma and violence have reemerged after the massacre at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, in which 21 people were killed by a lone 18-year-old gunman.
So far this year, there have been more than 200 similar public killings in the United States.
As U.S. legislators push for tighter gun control laws amid an ever louder public outcry, some experts argue the more significant underlying problem—the lack of mental health support—has been placed on the backburner….