When there is news of a violent attack, we sometimes hear that it could be related to mental illness—which may make us ask whether the violence could have been predicted or prevented. Current research and perspectives on associations between violence and mental illness are presented in the special January/February issue of Harvard Review of Psychiatry, guest-edited by Jeffrey Swanson, PhD, professor in Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences.
“[T]he articles in this Special Issue serve to summarize important facets of the complex connection between mental illness and violent behavior, and to illuminate the potential for mental health practitioners and researchers to play a more productive role in preventing violence,” according to an introduction by Swanson.
Excerpted from the press release issued by Wolters Kluwer.
Learn more:
- Watch Swanson's overview video
- Read Swanson's introductory essay
- See the entire special issue