Racial differences in the criminalization of the mentally ill.

Academic Racism: Lynn‘s and Kanazawa‘s Ill-considered Theory of Racial Differences in Intelligence

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 Introduction and Aim: Sexual health of mentally ill women is of great importance due to personal and common health issues (both physically and mentally) mentally ill women faced to. The main purpose of the present study was to describe sexual health status among mentally ill women admitted to Razi psychiatric hospital, Tehran, during the years 2001-2003. Materials and Methods: This was a descr...

Meeting the needs of those persons with serious mental illness who are most likely to become criminalized.

Persons with serious mental illness are a heterogeneous group. A large majority recognize that they are mentally ill, and they are treatment adherent, often able to work, and do not have major problems with substance abuse and violence. However, a substantial minority exists who receive little attention in the literature. They may not believe that they are mentally ill (the possible result of a...

A comparison of civil patients and incompetent defendants: pre and post deinstitutionalization.

There has been a great deal of speculation that deinstitutionalization has resulted in the criminalization of the mentally ill. Using two samples of defendants found incompetent to stand trial (IST) and two samples of civil patients randomly selected from five states, pre and post deinstitutionalization, this research compares changes in their mental health and arrest histories. After deinstitu...

Racial differences in stigmatizing attitudes toward people with mental illness.

OBJECTIVE Stigma is a significant impediment to the successful treatment of individuals with mental illness, especially among racial minority groups. Although limited, the literature suggests that African Americans are more likely than Caucasians to believe that people with mental illnesses are dangerous. The authors reexamined this issue and assessed whether racial differences also extend to b...