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Mental Illness Doesn't Predict Violent Behavior
Date:2/2/2009

e does that person's risk of future violence outweigh anyone else's," Elbogen said in a UNC news release.

Study co-author Dr. Sally C. Johnson said the "findings challenge the perception that some people have, and which you often see reflected in media coverage, that mental illness alone makes someone more dangerous. Our study shows that this perception is just not correct."

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The U.S. National Institutes of Mental Health has more about mental disorders.



-- Robert Preidt



SOURCE: University of North Carolina School of Medicine, news release, Feb. 2, 2009


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