SpectralPineapple@beehaw.org to Science@beehaw.org · 5 months agoMental illness account for a very small proportion of mass shootings in the USwww.columbiapsychiatry.orgexternal-linkmessage-square28fedilinkarrow-up178arrow-down10
arrow-up178arrow-down1external-linkMental illness account for a very small proportion of mass shootings in the USwww.columbiapsychiatry.orgSpectralPineapple@beehaw.org to Science@beehaw.org · 5 months agomessage-square28fedilink
minus-squareaviation_hydrated@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·edit-25 months agoYeah, there are multiple studies showing this. People who have mental illness are usually the victims of violence, not perpetrators https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK537064/ Oh also, if you have a mental illness you have a 1600% higher chance of being murdered by police for no reason https://thefreethoughtproject.com/cop-watch/shock-report-mentally-ill-1600-higher-chance-killed-police
Yeah, there are multiple studies showing this. People who have mental illness are usually the victims of violence, not perpetrators
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK537064/
Oh also, if you have a mental illness you have a 1600% higher chance of being murdered by police for no reason
https://thefreethoughtproject.com/cop-watch/shock-report-mentally-ill-1600-higher-chance-killed-police