Did you know?
In today's media reports about mental illness, there is a tendency to emphasize a supposed link between violence and mental illness. News stories regularly suggest that there is a strong connection between mental illness and crime. But the majority of people who are violent do not suffer from mental illnesses. In fact, people with a mental illness are more likely to be the victims, rather than the perpetrators of violence.
Violence and Mental Illness. Retrieved March 26, 2011. http://www.cmha.ca/bins/content_page.asp?cid=3-108
Samantha, Health Educator
