News tagged with school shootings

Tragedy in Tucson: Could it have been stopped?

It's easy to point to signs of mental illness in the accused Arizona gunman. What's harder to pin down is whether health, legal or education systems should have prevented his bloody rampage.

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

Jan 11, 2011 | 2.6 / 5 (7) | 144

Alienated youths are more likely to lash out

When people are rejected by peers, they often lash out. In children, that aggression occasionally takes horrifying directions, leading to school shootings or other deadly acts. Researchers in the Netherlands found that some ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

Oct 08, 2010 | 5 / 5 (2) | 1