AACAP Resources

Virtual Forum on Gun Violence in the 21st Century – Its Effects, Treatments & Solutions, presented by AACAP’s Guns & Violence Resource Group - May 2024

• AACAP Statement: Congress Must Address Two National Crises: Gun Safety and Mental Health - June 2022
• AACAP Policy Statement on Children and Guns – June 2022
• How to Talk to Children About Mass Shootings - May 2022
• AACAP Statement Responding to Gun Violence – Feb 2018
• Facts for Families, Disaster: Helping Children Cope
• Facts for Families, News and Children
• Facts for Families, Firearms and Children
• Facts for Families, Threats by Children: When are they Serious?
• Facts for Families, Grief and Children
• AACAP Disaster Resource Center

Resources in Response to Mass Shootings

• College Students: Coping After the Recent Shooting
• Helping Youth after Community Trauma: Tips for Educators (En Español)
• Parent Guidelines for Helping Youth After the Recent Shooting
• Talking to Children about the Shooting
• Psychological Impact of the Recent Shooting
• After a Crisis: Helping Young Children Heal (En Español)
• Age-Related Reactions to a Traumatic Event (En Español)
• Talking to Teens When Violence Happens (En Español)
• Talking to Children: When Scary Things Happen (En Español)
• Once I Was Very Very Scared – children’s book for young children

Clinical Resources

• The Role of Infectious Diseases Physicians in Preventing Gun Violence
• Mass Violence Resources
• Mother Jones US Mass Shootings Database

Firearm Injury Reduction Advocacy Groups

• AFFIRM
• Psychiatrists for Gun Violence Protection

Legal Resources

• Everytown Gun Law Navigator
• NRA-ILA Guide to the Interstate Transportation of Firearms

Advocacy Opportunities

• Doctors for America - Gun Violence
• Everytown for Gun Safety
• March for our Lives

Policy Recommendations

• Recommendations from the American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma's Firearm Strategy Team (FAST) Workgroup: Chicago Consensus 1
  

Additional Peer Organization Resources

• AMA Adopts New policies on Firearm Violence - (June 14, 2023)
• U.S. Gun Violence in 2021: Accounting of a Public Health Crisis - Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Violence Solutions
• Gun Violence - American Medical Association
• Resource Page on Gun Violence – American Academy of Pediatrics
• Mass Violence Resources - The National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN)
• Talking to Children About the Shooting - The National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN)
• Restoring A Sense of Safety in the Aftermath of A Mass Shooting: Tips for Parents and Professionals - Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress
• How to talk to your kids about active-shooter drills at school - Today
• Lockdown Anxiety: Teachers Talk About How to Explain Drills and Calm Kids' Fears – Scholastic
• Age-Related Reactions to a Traumatic Event - The National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN)
• America’s Heartbroken Physicians Demand Action on Gun Violence (2019) – American Medical Association
• Firearm-Related Injuries Affecting the Pediatric Population (2012) – American Academy of Pediatrics
• APA Condemns Loss of Life from Gun Violence, Disputes Link to Mental Illness (2019) - American Psychiatric Association
• Resolution on Firearm Violence Research and Prevention (2014) – American Psychological Association
• Reducing Firearm Injuries and Deaths in the United States: A Position Paper From the American College of Physicians (2018) – American College of Physicians 
• Position Statement 72: Violence: Community Mental Health Response – Mental Health America
• Call for Comprehensive School Safety Measures and Common Sense Gun Violence Prevention Efforts – National Association of School Psychologists

Guns as a Public Health Crisis

• Firearm Violence: A Public Health Crisis in America -The U.S. Surgeon General’s Advisory (2024)
• This school tried to keep kids safe. Then graduation ended in gunfire. (November 15, 2023) - Washington Post
• In the Aftermath - Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
  This FBI-produced documentary focuses on best practices after school shooting tragedies, including family reunification, dealing with accompanying trauma, and crisis planning. It highlights the difficult journey of recovery while also giving hope to survivors.
  
• The Blast Effect -This is how bullets from an AR-15 blow the body apart - Washington Post
• Americans’ Experiences With Gun-Related Violence, Injuries, And Deaths - KFF
• Mass shooters exploited gun laws, loopholes before carnage - ABC News
• Gun violence is surging in cities, and hitting communities of color hardest - NBC News
• Canada bans assault-style weapons after its worst ever mass murder - CNN
• Gun Violence: A Public Health Problem - American Psychological Association
• A Public Health Approach to Gun Violence - Harvard Medical School
• AMA calls gun violence "a public health crisis" - American Medical Association
• A public health approach to preventing mass violence - The Hill
• Dr. Sakran on gun violence: We are facing a public health crisis - MSNBC

Guns and Children

• Firearm-Related Injuries Affecting the Pediatric Population – American Academy of Pediatrics
• Guns in the Home – American Academy of Pediatrics
  
• What are Active-Shooter Drills Doing to Kids? - The Atlantic
  
• Mitigating Psychological Effects of Lockdowns - National Association of School Psychologists
• Psychological effects of active shooter drills in schools - Baylor College of Medicine
  
• Creating a Trauma-Informed School Active Shooter/Intruder Drill – The National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN)
• Active Shooter Drills Causing Trauma for Elementary School Children - ABC 4 Utah (KTVX)
  
• How Are Lockdown Drills Affecting American Kids? - Guns & America
  
• Mental Illness isn’t Main Driver of Mass Shootings, Experts Say - CBS News
  

Information on Mass Shootings and Mental Illness

• Mass Shootings and Mental Illness - American Psychiatric Association
  
• The Dangers of Linking Gun Violence and Mental Illness - Time
  
• Restoring A Sense of Safety in the Aftermath of A Mass Shooting: Tips for Parents and Professionals - Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress
• How to talk to your kids about active-shooter drills at school - Today
• How to Talk to Kids About School Shootings - CNN

  
Allied Groups

• American Academy of Pediatrics
• American College of Physicians
• American Medical Association
• American Psychiatric Association
• American Psychological Association
• Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress (CSTS)
• National Association of School Psychologists
• The National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN)