News Front

February, 1995

Freudian ClipsWalnut Creek, California--A Bay Area psychiatrist has come up with a novel way to reduce violence: Turn in your gun at a participating police station and get a voucher for about $300 worth of psychotherapy. David O'Grady, president of the Contra Costa Psychological Association, enlisted some three dozen therapists for the program. Conceding that not all gun owners are mental cases, O'Grady reasons that many people who own guns "are afraid and need better skills in coping with...