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The role of mental health in gun violence isn’t simple, and there is no quick fix

Each person’s mental health needs are unique, so one size does not fit all. Yet that's how we legislate and educate and medicate.

Alexandra Hunt, 28, of Roxborough, poses for a portrait at Malcolm X Park on Saturday, June 12, 2021. She recently campaigned to represent Pennsylvania's 3rd Congressional District in U.S. Congress, and writes about the complicated relationship between mental health and gun violence, and how we can't expect a quick and easy “cure” for mental health crises.
Alexandra Hunt, 28, of Roxborough, poses for a portrait at Malcolm X Park on Saturday, June 12, 2021. She recently campaigned to represent Pennsylvania's 3rd Congressional District in U.S. Congress, and writes about the complicated relationship between mental health and gun violence, and how we can't expect a quick and easy “cure” for mental health crises.Read moreTYGER WILLIAMS / Staff Photographer
    by Alexandra Hunt, For The Inquirer
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