A community safety net to prevent rampage shootings : Bernice Pescosolido at TEDxBloomington

Bernice Pescosolido's TEDxBloomington talk focuses on the mass shootings that have captured the sustained attention of politicians, educators, health care providers, and the public. While they seem random, there are patterned regularities to these events that tend to be ignored in favor of two major responses -- gun control and provision of mental health services. Pescosolido's research and teaching targets how social networks connect individuals to their communities and to institutional structures, providing the real, but invisible, wires through which people's attitudes and actions are influenced. Distinguished Professor of Sociology at Indiana University and Director of the Indiana Consortium for Mental Health Services Research, Pescosolido led a team of researchers on a series of national and international stigma studies including the first U.S national study in 40 years, the first national study of children's mental health, and the first global study of 16 countries. She works closely with Glenn Close's Bring Change 2 Mind Foundation, The Carter Center, and Vice President Biden's office.

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