Lack of mental healthcare made me do it: push someone in front of a train
Finally, some bad news about mental healthcare that's not in the U.S.
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Liz Spikol is senior contributing editor of Philadelphia Weekly. She writes the award-winning column The Trouble With Spikol, which began as a chronicle of her struggle with mental illness, and has since expanded into humorous musings on everything from graphic novels to how to use a mop. She also writes the paper's book review column, Lit Gloss. This blog -- named one of the Top 10 Bipolar Blogs of 2007 by PsychCentral -- is about mental illness policy, news, personal journeys and more.
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I think the drug abuse is a more relevant issue here than the "mental health problems." A recent MindFreedom broadcast on the Progressive Radio Network noted that people who've been involved in the mental health system are statistically less likely than the general population to commit violent crimes - unless they also have issues with alcohol or drug abuse (in which case they are only slightly more likely). That may have been referring only to crimes in the United States, but I'll bet it's pretty similar in Britain.
Posted by: Kent | July 27, 2006 01:57 PM