Gun Violence: A Biopsychosocial Disease
Gun violence is a complex biopsychosocial disease and as such, requires a multidisciplinary approach to understanding and treatment. Framing gun violence as a disease places it firmly within medical and public health practice. By applying the disease model to gun violence, it is possible to explore...
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| author | Stephen W. Hargarten E. Brooke Lerner Marc Gorelick Karen Brasel Terri deRoon-Cassini Sara Kohlbeck |
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| description | Gun violence is a complex biopsychosocial disease and as such, requires a multidisciplinary approach to understanding and treatment. Framing gun violence as a disease places it firmly within medical and public health practice. By applying the disease model to gun violence, it is possible to explore the host, agent, and environment in which gun violence occurs, and to identify risk factors to target for prevention. This approach also provides an opportunity to address scientifically inaccurate assumptions about gun violence. In addition, there are many opportunities for medical communities to treat gun violence as a disease by considering and treating the biologic, behavioral, and social aspects of this disease. The medical community must answer recent calls to engage in gun violence prevention, and employing this model of gun violence as a biopsychosocial disease provides a framework for engagement. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-82b24eb9a7d94675a69994cea34c1db62022-12-22T03:54:23ZengeScholarship Publishing, University of CaliforniaWestern Journal of Emergency Medicine1936-90182018-10-0119610.5811/westjem.2018.7.38021wjem-19-1024Gun Violence: A Biopsychosocial DiseaseStephen W. Hargarten0E. Brooke Lerner1Marc Gorelick2Karen Brasel3Terri deRoon-Cassini4Sara Kohlbeck5Medical College of Wisconsin, Department of Emergency Medicine, Milwaukee, WisconsinMedical College of Wisconsin, Department of Emergency Medicine, Milwaukee, WisconsinChildren’s Hospital and Clinics of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MinnesotaOregon Health and Science University, Department of Surgery, Portland, OregonMedical College of Wisconsin, Department of Surgery, Milwaukee, WisconsinMedical College of Wisconsin, Comprehensive Injury Center, Milwaukee, WisconsinGun violence is a complex biopsychosocial disease and as such, requires a multidisciplinary approach to understanding and treatment. Framing gun violence as a disease places it firmly within medical and public health practice. By applying the disease model to gun violence, it is possible to explore the host, agent, and environment in which gun violence occurs, and to identify risk factors to target for prevention. This approach also provides an opportunity to address scientifically inaccurate assumptions about gun violence. In addition, there are many opportunities for medical communities to treat gun violence as a disease by considering and treating the biologic, behavioral, and social aspects of this disease. The medical community must answer recent calls to engage in gun violence prevention, and employing this model of gun violence as a biopsychosocial disease provides a framework for engagement.https://escholarship.org/uc/item/00v8w13z |
| spellingShingle | Stephen W. Hargarten E. Brooke Lerner Marc Gorelick Karen Brasel Terri deRoon-Cassini Sara Kohlbeck Gun Violence: A Biopsychosocial Disease Western Journal of Emergency Medicine |
| title | Gun Violence: A Biopsychosocial Disease |
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