Chris Hedley wrote:
>> [snip...] [snip...] [snip...]
>> Contrary to popular belief, schizophrenics aren't particularly
> dangerous; any violence that they're "involved" in tends to be
> directed at them because of their condition, rather than caused
> by them, at least in most cases. AIUI, schizophrenics are less
> likely to indulge in violence than "average" members of the
> population. "Behaving in an unusual or disconcerting manner"
> doesn't really count as violence IMHO.
>There is a lady here in the U.S. who *drowned* her five
children. She is supposedly a schizophrenic, although there
seems to have been some post-partum issues also.
Additionally, I have a friend who's brother is in an institution
because of his schizophrenia. If he is *not* a danger to himself
or someone else...why is he institutionalize???
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