..., but they are plausible. Design/methodology/approach The authors demonstrate why researchers, clinicians, policymakers and other public health stakeholders should be vigilant to the potential increases in murder-suicide in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Findings During the COVID-19 pandemic, there have been...

...Matthew C. Podlogar; Anna R. Gai; Matthew Schneider; Christopher R. Hagan; Thomas E. Joiner Purpose The phenomenon of murder-suicide (aka. homicide-suicide) makes a sizeable impact on current public perceptions and policies regarding mental illness and risk for violence. However, within the past...

...Dr. Robert J. Cramer; Christopher Ryan Hagan; Matthew C Podlogar; Thomas E Joiner Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to review the existing literature on mass murder and amok, and the relationship of these phenomena to murder-suicide as well as to determine future research directions...