Finding Hope and Help in Tragedy
Category: WELLNESS
Whenever a person with a mental disorder (or assumed to have a mental disorder), veteran or civilian, commits a violent act that makes headlines, there is a call to address the "mental health issue" in violent crimes. However, what is meant by the "mental health issue" is generally unclear. The fact is that killings and overall violence are extremely rare by people with serious mental illness.
By Kimberly Williams, Contributor
President of Mental Health Association of NYC, 2014-04-09