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RE: Mentally ill people commiting crimes: opinions.
I work in a GP sorting through patients' files. While I am not allowed to mention any names, I can talk about the cases themselves.
A man was at a train station, and got into a random car, killed the driver and attacked the two passengers.
In the psychologist's report, the psycologist said that the man couldn't give a reason as to why he killed the driver, he just felt a compelling urge to do so.
It was confirmed later, that he was a paranoid schizophrenic.
If that guy was treated in the exact same way as a mentally stable person would have been treated, when he got out of jail, he may have killed more people, because he didn't receive any treatment, instead he stayed in a psychiatric hospital for a bit, got treatment, and now has been alright for a few years, he has got a job, and is a functioning member of society.
On another note, I know that the NHS gets a lot of stick, however, looking through these guys notes, I can see that the NHS does a lot to help patients with the resources it has, for example this guys file was huge, he had loads of psycologists reports, and there were 8 meetings where everyone who had ever treated him met up to specifically discuss this one patient
The Artist Formerly Known As saralk
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