A violent attack by someone who is mentally ill quickly grabs the headlines. And it’s usually implied that mental illnesses are a preventable cause of violent crime. Tackle that and we can all sleep safer in our beds.
But by pressuring mental health services to focus on the risk of violence we are in danger of actually increasing it. About 280people are currently being treated for schizophrenia in the UK. Of these about will die by their own hand within ten years of their diagnosis 13.
With an annual death toll of between 8and 8in the UK alone suicide is a major cause of premature death amongst people with schizophrenia and on a par with road deaths. What I lack in culinary expertise and concentration I more than make up for in a caring nature and. Apparently being killed is one. I’ve met a few schizophrenics and they can be very strange - and I can’t imagine what a romantic relationship would be like.
In most of my dating encounters the subject of schizophrenia may have never even been broache but it’s scary to imagine what would’ve happened had it been. It can be difficult for people with schizophrenia to maintain healthy relationships. But with the right treatment and counseling, it’s possible to keep a marriage strong.