Mental Illness and Violence

Lessons From the Evidence

Dados Bibliográficos

ID11025929
AutoresSherry Glied (0000-0001-9432-1662, Sherry Glied is with the Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, New York University, New York, NY. Richard G. Frank is with the Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.), Robert G Frank (0000-0003-1551-7072, Harvard University), Richard G Frank (Sherry Glied is with the Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, New York University, New York, NY. Richard G. Frank is with the Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.)
Ano2014
Volume104
Fascículo2
Páginase5-e6
Data de publicação2014-02-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoAmerican Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048
EditoraAmerican Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2105/ajph.2013.301710
PMID24328636
OpenAlexW2158950104
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas6
Referências citadas9

The debate about addressing mental illness and violence often ignores key facts. Many people experience mental illnesses, so having had a diagnosed illness is not a very specific predictor of violent behavior. This means that many proposed policy approaches, from expanded screening to more institutionalization, are unlikely to be effective. Expanded access to effective treatments, although desirable, will have only modest impacts on violence rates. Most people with mental health problems do not commit violent acts, and most violent acts are not committed by people with diagnosed mental disorders

Commit · Injury prevention · Institutionalisation · Medical emergency · Mental health · Mental illness · Occupational safety and health · Poison control · Psychiatry · Suicide prevention · Human Factors and Ergonomics · Medicine · Mental Health Treatment and Access · Personality Disorders and Psychopathology · Psychology · Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending