30% Of Adults With Mental Illness Report Being Victims Of Violence; 24% Report Committing Violence

Adults with mental illnesses are more likely to be victims than perpetrators of community violence, with 30.9% out of a sample of 4,480 reporting victimization and 23.9% reporting perpetration of at least one violent act within a six-month period of time. Violent acts include threatened physical harm, as well as physical contact intended to cause harm. Of the adults with mental illness who reported being the victim of a violent act, about 44% said they faced violence on more than one occasion. Those who had been a victim of violence were 11 times more likely to . . .