Public figures discuss mental illness and gun violence on social media, inaccurately linking the two. A 2016 study also found that more than a third of stories in the media connected mental illness with violence toward others, but that figure does not reflect the actual rates of interpersonal violence where mental illness is involved. But it won’t do anything about our country’s problem with gun violence.” ―Mark D. Smaller, a former president of the American Psychoanalytic Association5. Gun violence isn’t the same around the world ― but the rates of mental illness are similar. “There’s no greater incidence of psychiatric disorders in other countries, and they don’t have the gun violence problem we have.” ―Prudence Gourguechon10.

Source: Huffington Post March 07, 2018 16:21 UTC