The Galveston County Daily News, February 10, 2019

New research from UTMB found that having a mental illness does not necessarily make a person more likely to commit gun violence. “Counter to public beliefs, the majority of mental health symptoms examined were not related to gun violence,” said UTMB’s Yu Lu, lead author of the study. [See the attached file for the full text of the story.] Homeland Security News Wire, Medicine News Line, Science Blog, Guidry News, Bright Surf, Science Alert, Health Medicine Network, Science Daily, Daily Mail and TMC News also reported the study findings.