Malice, Mental Illness, and Mitigation: Understanding the Role of Mental Illness in Violence

Learning objectives:

•Describe what is and is not known about the correlation between psychiatric illness, treatments, and violence

•Recognize how threat management can mitigate implicit bias in violence risk evaluation

•Distinguish reasons why mental health intervention mayor may not be possible for people at risk for violence

•Identify strategies to mitigate risk of violence in people with mental illness