Violence and Mental Illness : : Rethinking Risk Factors and Enhancing Public Safety /

Violence and Mental Illness : : Rethinking Risk Factors and Enhancing Public Safety / / Eric B. Elbogen, Nico Verykoukis.

Shows that the myth that mental illness is strongly linked to violence makes us all less safeMass shootings have become a defining issue of our time. Whenever the latest act of newsworthy violence occurs, mental illness is inevitably cited as a preeminent cause by members of the news media and polit...

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Elbogen, Eric B.,
Verykoukis, Nico,
Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2023]
©2023
Year of Publication:2023
Language:English
Series:Psychoanalytic Crossroads ; 13
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Physical Description:1 online resource :; 13 b/w illustrations
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Introduction: The Danger of Repeatedly Blaming Mental Illness for Violence
  • 1. Current Definitions and Understanding of Mental Illness
  • 2. Social Stigma and Exaggerations about Mental Illness and Violence
  • 3. Cognitive Biases and Exaggerations about Mental Illness and Violence
  • 4. Scientific Research on the Link between Violence and Mental Illness
  • 5. Scientific Research on the Strength of Violence Risk Factors
  • 6. Multiple Causes of Violence and Categorizing Three Types of Risk Factors
  • 7. Preventing Violence: Strategies for Reducing Environment-Level Risk Factors
  • 8. Preventing Violence: Strategies for Reducing Individual-Level Risk Factors
  • 9. Preventing Violence: Strategies for Reducing Viability and Acceptability of Violence
  • Conclusion: Prioritizing Stronger Risk Factors to Prevent Violence
  • Acknowledgments
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • About the Authors

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