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Mental Illness Alone Does Not Predict Violence
Mental illness has always provided a convenient if frequently erroneous explanation for acts of aggression and violence. Although evidence is somewhat mixed, the vast body of data points to the mentally ill as being more likely to be the victims of violence rather than the perpetrators.
Recent research by professor Eric Elbogen, PhD, published in the Archives of General Psychiatry, confirms that mental illness alone does not increase the risk of violence. However, if combined with other risk ...
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