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hey, that was a pretty, uh, stigmatizing statement. schizophrenics are no more of a danger to others than the general population. It is because society treats t

hey, that was a pretty, uh, stigmatizing statement. schizophrenics are no more of a danger to others than the general population. It is because society treats them like shit and so they take drugs to cope that makes them violent. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6852683/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6852683/ "Patients with schizophrenia without comorbid substance abuse have only a slight increased risk of violent crime compared with the general population, suggesting that substance abuse plays a mediating role."

strken 3y ago
What proportion of the general population's violent crime is caused by substance abuse? If around 40% is attributable to substance abuse[0][1] then you're comparing clean schizophrenics, for whom 0% of crime is attributable to substance abuse, to a population where 40% is. Note that "attributable" doesn't mean causation, but in reality it usually indicates it to some degree. [0] https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33739484/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33739484/ [1] https://www.aic.gov.au/publications/tandi/tandi439 https://www.aic.gov.au/publications/tandi/tandi439