New Evidence on the Violence Risk Posed by People With Mental Illness
- 1 May 1998
- journal article
- editorial
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in Archives of General Psychiatry
- Vol. 55 (5) , 403-404
- https://doi.org/10.1001/archpsyc.55.5.403
Abstract
THERE IS a widespread belief among the American public that people with mental illness pose a significant violence risk. Moreover, the prevalence of this beliefKeywords
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