It's a general perception people with mental illness are violent and aggressive but in reality it is opposite.
According to study conducted by WonKyung Cho, Won-Suk Shin, [...], and Sang-Hyuk Lee. Although violence is not common in patients of Schizophrenia but a subgroup of Schizophrenic patients who are abusing substance show high aggression.
People suffering from Schizophrenia are 4 to 7 times more likely to commit violent crimes like homicide.
You might find the last one most interesting since it reports the case of a woman who killed a child. After a forensic psychiatric appraisal, she was considered not guilty by reason of insanity and was mandatorily committed to the central forensic psychiatric hospital.
It's a general perception people with mental illness are violent and aggressive but in reality it is opposite.
According to study conducted by WonKyung Cho, Won-Suk Shin, [...], and Sang-Hyuk Lee. Although violence is not common in patients of Schizophrenia but a subgroup of Schizophrenic patients who are abusing substance show high aggression.
People suffering from Schizophrenia are 4 to 7 times more likely to commit violent crimes like homicide.
Although most patients with schizophrenia are not actually violent, an increased tendency toward violent behaviours is associated with schizophrenia.
And yes, there are some studies you can read more about this link:
Violent behavior and aggression in schizophrenia: Prevalence and risk
factors. A multicentric study from three Latin-America countries - https://scholar.harvard.edu/files/davidrwilliams/files/caqueo_et_al_violent_behavior_schizophrenia_2016.pdf
Biological Aspects of Aggression and Violence in Schizophrenia - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6852683/#:~:text=Individuals%20with%20schizophrenia%20are%204,compared%20with%20the%20general%20population.
Schizophrenia and violent behavior - https://www.researchgate.net/publication/260778323_Schizophrenia_and_violent_behavior
You might find the last one most interesting since it reports the case of a woman who killed a child. After a forensic psychiatric appraisal, she was considered not guilty by reason of insanity and was mandatorily committed to the central forensic psychiatric hospital.