Violence and Mental Illness - 9781479801442

Violence and Mental IllnessRethinking Risk Factors and Enhancing Public Safety\nAuthor(s): Eric B. Elbogen, Nico Verykoukis\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: New York University Press, United States\nImprint: New York University Press\nISBN-13: 9781479801442, 978-1479801442\nSynopsis\nShows that the myth that mental illness is strongly linked to violence makes us all less safe\n Mass 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 political sphere alike. Violence and Mental Illness: Rethinking Risk Factors and Enhancing Public Safety exposes how mental illness is vastly overemphasized in popular discussion of mass violence, which in turn makes us all less safe.\n The recurring and intense focus on mental illness in the wake of violent tragedy is fueled by social stigma and cognitive bias, strengthening an exaggerated link between violence an.