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Originally Posted by wolf
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But it's also true that violence occurs in the mentally ill at a lower rate than the general population.
The cliche of the violent crazy person is well know, and well reinforced through movies and tv shows.
Consider ... a mentally ill man threatens to kill his mother with a sledgehammer.
Did the voices tell him to do it?
No. His mom told him his cell phone service was going to be cut off because he doesn't have the money to pay for it.
Crazy people do things for ordinary criminal motivations too, not as a consequence of their mental illness.
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I know, I'm just worried about the retreads and the ones known to be violent.
Some of the ones on our locked, male ward were more entertaining than TV, and definitely not violent.