55 Rampant Health Myths That Need to Die

Myth: Mentally ill people are all dangerous

‘First of all, there is no such thing as ‘the mentally ill’ as one group of people. That would be like referring to everyone with cancer as ‘the cancerous.’ Also people are people first, and a diagnosis much later.

According to ample research, someone with a mental illness is far (far, far) more likely to be a victim of violence than they ever are to be violent themselves. Even if they are, they are much more likely to be violent toward themselves (through self harm and suicide) than toward anyone else.’ – Mark Henick, MS, mental health advocate and speaker