Violence and Mental Illness – Rethinking Risk Factors and Enhancing Public Safe…

Violence and Mental Illness\nby Eric B. Elbogen\nPaperback\nEnglish\n\nBrand new copy from BookCurl \u2013 the UK independent online bookseller.\n\n------------------------------\nBook details\n------------------------------\nAuthor: Eric B. Elbogen\nTitle: Violence and Mental Illness\nFormat: Paperback\nLanguage: English\nTopic: Violence and abuse in society\nPublisher: New York University Press\nISBN-13: 9781479801459\nISBN-10: 1479801453\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\nShows 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 political sphere alike. Violence and Mental Illness: Rethinking Risk Factors and Enhancing Public Safety exposes how mental illness is vastly overemphasized in popular discussion.