Osiris Posted June 9, 2014 Report Share Posted June 9, 2014 Mental health is a scapegoat to deflect blame. Only 7.5% of crimes are committed by people with serious mental disorders. http://www.apa.org/news/press/releases/2014/04/mental-illness-crime.aspx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legacy Fan Posted June 9, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 9, 2014 Here's the actual opening paragraph to the link Osiris posted: "WASHINGTON In a study of crimes committed by people with serious mental disorders, only 7.5 percent were directly related to symptoms of mental illness, according to new research published by the American Psychological Association." His paraphrasing is so misleading that is the laziest thing I've ever read, or it's borderline criminal. Edit According to this study, "directly related" means criminals exhibited signs or symptoms of mental illness immediately before or during their act. And this is stupid because that's not how mental illness works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MLD Woody Posted June 9, 2014 Report Share Posted June 9, 2014 Well is the population everyone, or just people with mental illnesses? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legacy Fan Posted June 9, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 9, 2014 Well is the population everyone, or just people with mental illnesses? the latter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Osiris Posted June 9, 2014 Report Share Posted June 9, 2014 Yeah, I apologize, I read it quickly and paraphrased it as I understood it. I wasn't trying to mislead. So here I will quote directly: Fact 1: The vast majority of people with mental illness are not violent. Here is what researchers say about the link between mental illness and violence: - "Although studies suggest a link between mental illnesses and violence, the contribution of people with mental illnesses to overall rates of violence is small, and further, the magnitude of the relationship is greatly exaggerated in the minds of the general population (Institute of Medicine, 2006)." - "the vast majority of people who are violent do not suffer from mental illnesses (American Psychiatric Association, 1994)." - "The absolute risk of violence among the mentally ill as a group is very small. . . only a small proportion of the violence in our society can be attributed to persons who are mentally ill (Mulvey, 1994)." -"People with psychiatric disabilities are far more likely to be victims than perpetrators of violent crime (Appleby, et al., 2001). People with severe mental illnesses, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder or psychosis, are 2 ½ times more likely to be attacked, raped or mugged than the general population (Hiday, et al.,1999)." Fact 2: The public is misinformed about the link between mental illness and violence. A longitudinal study of Americans attitudes on mental health between 1950 and 1996 found, the proportion of Americans who describe mental illness in terms consistent with violent or dangerous behavior nearly doubled. Also, the vast majority of Americans believe that persons with mental illnesses pose a threat for violence towards others and themselves (Pescosolido, et al., 1996, Pescosolido et al., 1999). Fact 3: Inaccurate beliefs about mental illness and violence lead to widespread stigma and discrimination: The discrimination and stigma associated with mental illnesses stem in part, from the link between mental illness and violence in the minds of the general public (DHHS, 1999, Corrigan, et al., 2002). The effects of stigma and discrimination are profound. The Presidents New Freedom Commission on Mental Health found that, Stigma leads others to avoid living, socializing, or working with, renting to, or employing people with mental disorders - especially severe disorders, such as schizophrenia. It leads to low self-esteem, isolation, and hopelessness. It deters the public from seeking and wanting to pay for care. Responding to stigma, people with mental health problems internalize public attitudes and become so embarrassed or ashamed that they often conceal symptoms and fail to seek treatment (New Freedom Commission, 2003). Fact 4: The link between mental illness and violence is promoted by the entertainment and news media. "Characters in prime time television portrayed as having a mental illness are depicted as the most dangerous of all demographic groups: 60 percent were shown to be involved in crime or violence" (Mental Health American, 1999). "Most news accounts portray people with mental illness as dangerous" (Wahl, 1995). "The vast majority of news stories on mental illness either focus on other negative characteristics related to people with the disorder (e.g., unpredictability and unsociability) or on medical treatments. Notably absent are positive stories that highlight recovery of many persons with even the most serious of mental illnesses" (Wahl, et al., 2002). http://depts.washington.edu/mhreport/facts_violence.php Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westside Steve Posted June 9, 2014 Report Share Posted June 9, 2014 its really similar to the inflated drug addiction numbers. Anyone busted for possession can get his record clean by having an attorney swear he's addicted and going through a program. Whether or not he is. WSS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legacy Fan Posted June 9, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 9, 2014 "Thoughts of suicide, and/or violent behavior" is the tag line that EVERY SINGLE medication used to treat mental illness ends their pitch with Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LogicIsForSquares Posted June 10, 2014 Report Share Posted June 10, 2014 "Thoughts of suicide, and/or violent behavior" is the tag line that EVERY SINGLE medication used to treat mental illness ends their pitch with Always caught me funny. When I worked with the juvie shitheads, they would give them meds for conditions that had side effects that were the conditions they were trying to treat with the meds. "Billy Stabsalot, here is this pill to stop you from being violent but the side effects may be more violent behaviors. Enjoy." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legacy Fan Posted June 11, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 11, 2014 Yeah.. and more often than not, the side effects tend to erupt when the dosing schedule is not strictly followed. For example, starting a dose, running out of pills for whatever reason, and missing for a week or so. Very dangerous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legacy Fan Posted June 12, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 12, 2014 Well who woulda thunk it..... Prosecutor says Seattle campus Shooter stopped taking his meds He [Ybarra] told detectives he had been diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive disorder and transient psychosis but had stopped taking his medicine about six months earlier because he wanted to feel his hate, it said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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