Front and Center: Gun violence and its toll on mental health

Front and Center: Gun violence and its toll on mental health
Front and Center: Gun violence and its toll on mental health

Front and Center: Gun violence and its toll on mental health

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Afternoon Shift continues its week-long examination of gun laws as part of Front & Center. WBEZ’s Tony Arnold reports on how the debate over guns affects mental health programs. Psychologist Carl Bell, director of the UIC Institute for Juvenile Research, discusses trauma caused by gun violence. Gunshot victim Glen Reedus and his wife Michelle Thomas talk about the ongoing impact of Reedus’ injury, and Melva Pratt, whose 28-year-old son Rashad was shot and killed last August, shares her story. Photo Credit: WBE/ Michael Puente