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Record Nr.

UNINA9910458953203321

Titolo

The Virginia Tech massacre : strategies and challenges for improving mental health policy on campus and beyond / / edited by Aradhana Bela Sood and Robert Cohen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

0-19-026152-8

0-19-987508-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (284 p.)

Collana

Developmental Perspectives in Psychiatry

Disciplina

616.89

Soggetti

College students - Mental health - United States

College students - Mental health services - United States

Virginia Tech Shootings, Blacksburg, Va., 2007

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

This title examines the Virginia Tech shooting in the context of the dysfunctional mental health service system in the United States. The personal history of the perpetrator, Seung-Hui Cho, is presented, along with the problems and deficiencies that occurred in dealing with the threats posed by his mental health illness. The university's handling of the events leading up to the shooting and the actual event are assessed, as is the subsequent work of the panel charged by the governor to review the shooting and provide recommendations for preventing future incidents.