What the Study Did: Children living within a few blocks of an incident of neighborhood gun violence had increased odds of a mental health-related emergency department visit in the two months after the shooting.
Authors: Aditi Vasan, M.D., M.S.H.P., of the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, is the corresponding author.
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