Violence and Mental Illness An Overview /

• Main Author: Ahonen, Lia (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Criminology,
• Subjects: Violence.; Crime.; Psychology-Methodology.; Psychological measurement.; Violence and Crime.; Psychological Methods/Evaluation.

This brief summarizes the existing body of knowledge about the links between mental illness and violence, recommends improved methods to deal with potentially violent individuals with mental illness, and identifies pressing implementation and research needs. In public perception and media reports, m...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Introduction: Violence and Mental Illness in Context
• 2. Crazy, Mad, Insane, or Mentally Ill?
• 3. Public Perceptions and Experts' Opinions: Causes, Correlates, and Prevention
• 4. The Association Between Mental Illness and Violence
• 5. Psychiatric Symptoms and Behaviors in Adolescence That Are Associated with Violence
• 6. Special Populations: Gender, Race and Incarcerated Individuals
• 7. Victimization and Suicide
• 8. Conclusions and Implications.