http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. News stories about mass shootings involving a shooter with mental illness heighten readers' negative attitudes toward persons with serious mental illness, according to a new report by the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. The researchers also examined how such news stories impact support for policies to reduce gun violence. Compared to study respondents who did not read a story about a mass shooting, reading a news article describing a mass shooting raised readers' support for both gun restrictions for persons with serious mental illness, and for a ban on large-capacity ammunition magazines. The results, are published in the April issue of the American Journal of Psychiatry and have important implications for advocates and policy makers who promote gun safety policy. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-media-coverage-mass-contributes-negative.html Psychology & Psychiatry Wed, 20 Mar 2013 15:59:09 EST news283013943 (HealthDay)—Family physicians can play a role in addressing and preventing violence in the community, according to a Jan. 17 letter to President Obama from the American Association of Family Physicians (AAFP). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-aafp-obama-family-docs-key.html Health Fri, 25 Jan 2013 13:03:18 EST news278341393 (HealthDay)—Responding to the Dec. 14 tragic shooting in Newtown, Conn., the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) has expressed a willingness to work together with the government to ensure the health and safety of children, according to a letter written from the AAP to President Obama. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-aap-obama-safety-children-national.html Health Fri, 21 Dec 2012 06:40:02 EST news275289315