Data and Code for: The Lasting Impacts of School Shootings on Youth Psychotropic Drug Use

Principal Investigator(s):  View help for Principal Investigator(s) Max Pienkny, Northwestern University; Maya Rossin-Slater, Stanford University; Molly Schnell, Northwestern University; Hannes Schwandt, Northwestern University

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Project Citation: 

Pienkny, Max, Rossin-Slater, Maya, Schnell, Molly, and Schwandt, Hannes. Data and Code for: The Lasting Impacts of School Shootings on Youth Psychotropic Drug Use. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2024. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2024-05-20. https://doi.org/10.3886/E201522V1

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The abstract for this project is below: 

This paper estimates the effects of fatal school shootings on youth psychotropic drug use over the subsequent 5.5 years. Using an event study approach that compares trends in drugs prescribed by providers practicing close to a school shooting relative to those practicing slightly farther away, we find that fatal school shootings lead to large increases in youth psychotropic drug use that persist for years after the event. These effects are driven primarily by increases in prescriptions for antidepressants and antipsychotics and are observed both among youth who were previously taking psychotropic medication and those who were not.


Scope of Project

Subject Terms:  View help for Subject Terms school shootings; gun violence; youth mental health; psychotropic medication
JEL Classification:  View help for JEL Classification
      I12 Health Behavior
      I31 General Welfare; Well-Being
      J13 Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
Geographic Coverage:  View help for Geographic Coverage United States
Time Period(s):  View help for Time Period(s) 1/1/2006 – 12/31/2018 (Prescription data covers 2006-2018)
Universe:  View help for Universe Near-universe of antidepressant, antianxiety, and antipsychotic prescriptions written in the United States between 2006 and 2018.
Data Type(s):  View help for Data Type(s) program source code

Methodology

Data Source:  View help for Data Source IQVIA
Unit(s) of Observation:  View help for Unit(s) of Observation prescription-level

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