Written by Rawan Reda Farhat 20060321

Most people claim that in order to be a violent person you must be
mentally ill, or if you suffer from a psychological problem, then you are definitely violent. But what researchers found was that there are many conditions that will lead to a violent person but not necessarily a mentally ill person. Nowadays when someone commits a violent crime there is a probability of getting reduced sentence under the pretext that he is mentally ill. In Egypt, a person is prosecuted if there is just a defect in his personality, which makes him abnormal, but he does not completely lose consciousness and feeling. So according to Egyptian law not all violent people are mentally ill. (1)
In the next two images unfortunately, there is a wrong question raised
that aims to stir up controversy, but internally it carries a different
meaning.

Here the writer of the post asked a question if the murderer is a
psychopath or not, this question disrespects the mentally ill and that they are dangerous and their illness can lead to this heinous crime.

Here Victoria Brownworth, a known journalist wrote a tweet about the
assumptions about the relation between mentally ill people and violent
behavior and one of her followers objected and mentioned the famous
murderer Jeffrey Dahmer as he is a deviant and disturbed person

She wrote this tweet in order to elaborate the misunderstanding behind
mental illness and its relation with violence, especially after the release
of the new Netflix series Jeffrey Dahmer. As a matter of fact the series
has achieved 496.1 million hours of views, so it has a huge influence on
people’s thoughts and beliefs.

The majority of violent acts are committed by people who are not
mentally ill. (2) When properly treated, people with mental illnesses do not pose a higher risk of violence than the general population. Violence may be more prevalent in patients with personality disorders and substance abuse. The overall impact of mental illness as a factor in societal violence appears to be overstated, potentially exacerbating the stigma already associated with psychiatric disorders. However, there are many biological and psychosocial similarities between violence and mental illness. (3)

Refrences:

1. https://www.youm7.com/story/2021/11/2/%D9%87%D9%84-%D8
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2. https://www.treatmentadvocacycenter.org/evidence-and-research/le
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3. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2686644/