Psychotic hallucinations, delusions rarely precede violence

Mass shootings at the hands of unhinged loners such as those in Aurora, Colorado; California, Santa Barbara, and Newtown, Connecticut perpetuate a generally held belief that violent crimes are triggered by mental illness. However a brand new study from the University of California, Berkeley, reveals that delusions and hallucinations related to psychiatric illnesses rarely foreshadow actions of aggression. In a painstaking review of 305 violent events in America, the researchers found that psychosis preceded just 12 percent. While numerous research have found that bloodshed and brutality are prone to be triggered by rage, accessibility to substance abuse and firearms, this latest investigation is the first to consider the regularity of psychosis-induced violence among the mentally ill. The results, recently reported in the internet version of the journal, Clinical Psychological Science, challenge the media- . High profile mass shootings catch public interest and raise vigilance of indi
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