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ReviewCureus2020

Addressing Mass Shootings in a New Light.

Manal Ahmad, Hema Mekala, Judith Lone, Karlyle Robinson, Kaushal Shah

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In one paragraph

Review in Cureus, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

0 citing papers in PubMed.

No citing paper in PubMed yet.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Manal AhmadFamily Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, CAN.
Hema MekalaPsychiatry, Griffin Memorial Hospital, Norman, USA.
Judith LonePsychiatry, Medical University of the Americas, Camps, KNA.
Karlyle RobinsonGeneral Medicine, Medical University of the Americas, Camps, KNA.
Kaushal ShahPsychiatry, Griffin Memorial Hospital, Norman, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Locations change, casualties change, but the choice of weapon remains the same: firearms. With mass shootings gaining continuous limelight, we aim through this article to provide the readers an overview of the perpetrator's profile, along with various opinions proposed by the media, government, National Rifle Association (NRA), and health professionals. With mental health linked as a common factor for such incidents, we need to explore the different stances to eliminate such events. This article also provides a collaborative approach to alter the narrative and view it in a new light.

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firearmsgunsmass shootingsmental healthmental illnessviolence

Identifiers

PMID32832295
PMCPMC7437101

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