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Violence and Mental Illness

An Overview

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Authors:
  1. Lia Ahonen

    1. University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, USA

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  • Provides a comprehensive overview of the association between mental illness and violence, taking different populations into account, including both juveniles and adults and accounting for gender and racial difference
  • Describes the perception of mental illness and violence in science media, common practices, and research and practice needs
  • Discusses the relationship between mental illness and intrapersonal violence (suicide), and victimization of mentally ill individuals
  • Recommends steps for using this knowledge in policy-making, practice, and the development of effective crisis intervention initiatives to de-escalate violence

Part of the book series: SpringerBriefs in Criminology (BRIEFSCRIMINOL)

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Introduction: Violence and Mental Illness in Context

    • Lia Ahonen
    Pages 1-9

  3. Crazy, Mad, Insane, or Mentally Ill?

    • Lia Ahonen
    Pages 11-20

  4. Public Perceptions and Experts’ Opinions: Causes, Correlates, and Prevention

    • Lia Ahonen
    Pages 21-35

  5. The Association Between Mental Illness and Violence

    • Lia Ahonen
    Pages 37-46

  6. Psychiatric Symptoms and Behaviors in Adolescence that Are Associated with Violence

    • Lia Ahonen
    Pages 47-55

  7. Special Populations: Gender, Race, and Incarcerated Individuals

    • Lia Ahonen
    Pages 57-66

  8. Victimization and Suicide

    • Lia Ahonen
    Pages 67-72

  9. Conclusions and Implications

    • Lia Ahonen
    Pages 73-82

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 83-84
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About this book

This brief summarizes the existing body of knowledge about the links between mental illness and violence, recommends improved methods to deal with potentially violent individuals with mental illness, and identifies pressing implementation and research needs.  In public perception and media reports, mental illness and violence - particularly gun violence - are unquestionably linked.  However, empirical research presents a more nuanced and complex view of this relationship.

Taking into account differences between youth and adults, as well as gender and racial difference, this innovative volume will be useful to policy-makers, legislators, researchers and students interested in addressing the growing public concern about mentally ill individuals at risk for violence.

Authors and Affiliations

  • University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, USA

    Lia Ahonen

About the author

Lia Ahonen is assistant professor of Psychiatry at the University of Pittsburgh, PA. Dr. Ahonen is trained in Criminology and Psychology. Her research areas include youth and adult crime in combination with mental illness, predictors of violence and gun violence, the development of violent crime over time, the treatment of serious behavioral problems, and policy issues pertaining to crime and justice in different countries. Relatedly, she is knowledgeable about organizational development of and leadership in institutions dealing with delinquents' needs for services

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Violence and Mental Illness

  • Book Subtitle: An Overview

  • Authors: Lia Ahonen

  • Series Title: SpringerBriefs in Criminology

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-18750-7

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Law and Criminology, Law and Criminology (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-18749-1Published: 25 June 2019

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-18750-7Published: 17 May 2019

  • Series ISSN: 2192-8533

  • Series E-ISSN: 2192-8541

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XI, 84

  • Number of Illustrations: 4 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Violence and Crime, Psychological Methods/Evaluation

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