More Resources About Gun Violence and Crime

Love Lives On

Love Lives On

August 4, 2026

Following a family tragedy, Will's dad assures him it's okay to feel his feelings, and his mom talks him through what will happen at the funeral. But it's the speaker's words at the ceremony that stay with Will: love lives on.
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Do active shooter drills make students safer?

January 1, 2026

Lockdown drills may boost confidence, but hyperrealistic drills risk trauma and fear

Mental Health and Targeted Violence 101: Preventing School Shootings and Other Mass Casualty Events

November 12, 2025

Apply the biopsychosocial model to understanding risk for targeted violence
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Navigating firearm safety discussions in clinical settings

July 1, 2025

How respectful, values-based conversations help patients stay safe

Can we prevent school shootings?

January 22, 2025

Dewey Cornell, PhD, discusses how schools can respond when faced with a potential threat
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We Can Do Better

November 1, 2024

Psychology of Violence special issue developing new paradigms for reducing violence.
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Individual, Collective, and Intergenerational Trauma Recovery

August 15, 2024

Traumatic incidents can be experienced directly and vicariously, and responses can be acute and long-lasting, discrete and complex.
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APA responds to surgeon general’s advisory on firearm violence

June 25, 2024

‘An urgent call for action,’ says APA CEO
A group of young people gathered at a protest advocating for gun violence prevention

Funding for gun violence prevention

June 5, 2024

APA Services joins more than 430 organizations in support of federal research funding required to develop a comprehensive, evidence-based approach to reducing firearm-related violence, including suicides, accidental shootings, and violent crime
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APA adopts resolution on secure firearms storage to prevent suicides

February 29, 2024

Notes effectiveness of placing time, distance between individuals and firearms to save lives