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SOCIAL CAUSES OF PHYSICAL ABUSE OF CHILDREN. SERIOUS MENTAL ILLNESS AS A CAUSE OF PHYSICAL ABUSE OF CHILDREN AND PARTNERS. * Examples of Serious Mental Illness Schizophrenia, Major Depression, Bipolar Disorder * Percent of with serious mental illness who physically abuse
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SERIOUS MENTAL ILLNESS AS A CAUSE OF PHYSICAL ABUSE OF CHILDREN AND PARTNERS * Examples of Serious Mental Illness Schizophrenia, Major Depression, Bipolar Disorder * Percent of with serious mental illness who physically abuse 2% to max of 10% depending on the study * Similar to studies of other kinds of violence Homicides: 4.3% by the mentally ill (Dept of Justice Study) Public misled by sensational cases that make headlines * Studies of mental hospital patients A much larger percent are violent: 20% violent Selection effect - Mental hospital patients Mentally ill and violent more likely to be hospitalized * Confounded with alcohol and drug abuse * The meaning of “confounded” and “controlled” * “Psychological problems” short of “serious mental illness” play a larger role, e.g. “negative attribution” “depression” because they are more prevalent in the population
New Hampshire Parents, 1995
SOCIAL LEARNING
ALCOHOL, PARTNER VIOLENCE, AND SES ILLUSTRATE THE COMPLEX INTERRELATION OF CAUSAL FACTORS ALCOHOL ABUSE PHYSICAL ABUSE PARTNER VIOLENCE LOW SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS
EXAMPLE SET BY LEGITIMATE VIOLENCE(CULTURAL SPILLOVER THEORY)
