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It does not seem like a stretch to expand the definition of mental illness to include mental conditions which predispose to the commission of violent crimes. C
by aminorex 10y ago
It does not seem like a stretch to expand the definition of mental illness to include mental conditions which predispose to the commission of violent crimes. Certainly such conditions are maladaptive for the sufferer.
- jawbone3 10y agoMost violence is morally motivated[1], so working on changing societal norms are most important. 1: http://www.doktorikool.ut.ee/kstt/orb.aw/class=file/action=preview/id=1167735/Fiske,+Virtuous+Violence+24.09.2012.pdf http://www.doktorikool.ut.ee/kstt/orb.aw/class=file/action=p...
- varjag 10y agoI don't see how reclassifying crime as illness is going to help anything except making psychiatry much less credible.