Ashley H. VanDercar, MD, JD

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Dr VanDercar is an assistant professor of psychiatry at University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center/Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine in Ohio, where she serves as associate program director for the forensic psychiatry fellowship.

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School Shooters: Troubled Teens or Cold-Blooded Killers?

Ashley H. VanDercar, MD, JD;Phillip J. Resnick, MD
January 7th 2025

There is no accurate profile of who will become a school shooter, so mental health clinicians should react as they would with any patient threatening violence: inquire, gain collateral data, assess, and respond.

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