Severe mental illness and the risk of violence | Letters
A new willingness to acknowledge the risk that some people with severe mental illnesses may become violent is welcomed by Prof John F MorganYour report of Sarah Hughes’s acknowledgment that mental health organisations have sometimes “softened the truth” about the relationship between serious mental illness and violence marks an important change in the public debate (Mental health groups have ‘failed to acknowledge’ risk of violence, says Mind chief, 5 September).There is some historical irony here. Mind grew from the National…
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