PSYC 2400 Lecture 7: unit 7
17 Feb 2018
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Jeffrey arenburg, paranoid schizophrenic, shot a tv news reporter (1995: vince li, beheaded a passenger on a greyhound bus stabbed victim and mutilated him also caniibalism found not criminally responsible on account of mental disorder. Canadian media cases . believed god selected him to save us from an alien attack . (cid:523)(cid:884)(cid:882)(cid:882)(cid:890)(cid:524) believed the station was broadcasting messages in his head . Most important take home message today is . Despite the media, most seriously mentally ill people do not commit serious violent crime, rather they are more likely to trespass, shoplift, or commit minor assault. 73% of all mentally disordered characters on prime time american tv display some form of violent behaviour (gerbner et al. , 1981) What is mental illness: mental illness is a disorder (a disease) of the mind that experts judge to interfere significantly with a person"s ability to cope with daily life (cid:523)bartol & Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorder (dsm-5, apa, 2013)
