Study Reveals Mental Health Impacts of Parental Firearm Injury in Children

Parental firearm injury linked to surge in children’s psychiatric diagnoses— Harvard Gazette

Health Parental firearm injury linked to surge in children’s psychiatric diagnoses Trauma/post-traumatic stress disorder accounts for most of the increase, according to study Mass General Brigham Communications January 28, 2026 3 min read Each year, 20,000 children and adolescents across the U.S. lose a parent to gun violence, while an estimated two to three times more have a parent who has been injured …

Parental firearm injury linked to increased mental health burden in children

Each year, 20,000 children and adolescents across the U.S. lose a parent to gun violence, while an estimated two to three times more have a parent who has been injured due to a firearm. To better understand the mental health impact of parental firearm injury, investigators from Mass General Brigham analyzed records from a large health insurance database, finding that in the year following a parent's injury, children had increases in psychiatric …

Gun Injuries in Parents Linked to Mental Health Issues in Kids

(MedPage Today) -- Firearm injuries among parents were associated with increased rates of psychiatric disorder diagnoses and mental health visits in their children, according to a study using U.S. commercial health insurance claims data. Parental...

Study reveals mental health impacts of parental firearm injury in children

Each year, 20,000 children and adolescents across the U.S. lose a parent to gun violence, while an estimated 2-3 times more have a parent who has been injured due to a firearm.

The Relentless School Nurse: When the Gunshot Isn’t Heard – How Parental Firearm Injury Shapes Children’s Mental Health

When a firearm injury happens, our systems know exactly what to do with the person who was shot.  Stabilize.Operate.Admit.Discharge. What they are far less prepared to do is notice the children who go home afterward — the ones whose sense of safety has been quietly, sometimes permanently, disrupted. A new open-access study in the New England Journal of Medicine asks us to pay attention to those children. In “Mental Health Outcomes in Children af…