Violence and mental illness: what is the true story?

Violence and mental illness: what is the true story?

INTRODUCTION In public perception, mental illness and violence remain inextricably intertwined, and much of the stigma associated with mental illness may be due to a tendency to conflate mental illness with the concept of dangerousness. This perception is further augmented by the media which sensationalises violent crimes committed by persons with mental illness, particularly mass shootings, an...

What Is Mental Illness?

Violence and mental illness--how strong is the link?

n engl j med 355;20 www.nejm.org november 16, 2006 2064 O Sunday afternoon, September 3, 2006, Wayne Fenton, a prominent schizophrenia expert and an associate director at the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), was found dead in his office. He had just seen a 19-yearold patient with schizophrenia who later admitted to the police that he had beaten Fenton with his fists. This tragic inci...

The Comparison of Adaptability and Domestic Violence Among Family With Chornic and Mental Illness

The purpose of this study was to determine the rate difference of adaptability and domestic violence in families with children with mental illness chronic and regular in Borujen City. The statistic population of the study included all families with children who have chronic mental illness admitted to daycare centers (girls and boys) in Borujen City including 180 people that among them 30 girls ...

What is mental illness? Social representations of mental illness among British and French mental health professionals

: Mental health professionals are important actors in implementing public mental health policies and in shaping lay representations of mental illness. The research reported in this paper focuses on the social representations of mental illness held by these professionals in Britain and France. In interviews conducted with sixty mental health workers from a range of professional backgrounds the d...