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Violence and Severe Mental Illness

Schizophrenia Research this month published a study of murders committed within six months of hospital discharge by people with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. Reviewing the study, Dr. E. Fuller Torrey says the findings suggest that approximately 1,500 homicides a year in the US are committed by individuals with severe psychiatric disorders. “The majority of these could be prevented if such individuals were taking the medication they need to control their symptoms. That is why assisted outpatient treatment (AOT) and the work being done by Treatment Advocacy Center is so important,” Dr. Torrey concludes.

To read Dr. Torrey's synopsis of the Schizophrenia Research study, click here.

To read the Treatment Advocacy Center's briefing paper on violent behavior as a consequence of failure to treat severe mental illness, click here.

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