Understanding The Phenomena of Mass Murder Shootings and Social Isolation

January 1, 2013/in anger, anxiety, blog, depression, family stress, friendship, grief, intimacy, loneliness, managing stress, mental illness, relationships, social isolation, stress/by Amir Levine, Ph.D., LCSW, CASAC

by Veronica Vaiti, LCSW-R

The tragic shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School on December of 2012 has left many of us dumbfounded and heartbroken. In the discussions following the deadly shooting contributors from the medial and mental health field devoted ample time to trying to provide a rational explanation for such an irrational act. According to figures extracted from Mother Jones, since 1982 there have been 62 mass shootings in the USA, twenty five of those shootings have occurred since 2006.  These numbers indicate that the mass shooting incident rates … Read More