Mental illness alone is no trigger for violence

Monday, February 2, 2009 - 16:14 in Psychology & Sociology

CHICAGO (AP) -- A new large study challenges the idea that mental illness alone is a leading cause of violence. Researchers instead blame a combination of factors, specifically substance abuse and a history of violent acts, that drives up the danger when combined with mental illness in what they call an "intricate link."...

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