According to a study that appeared in the journal The Lancet Psychiatry mentally ill patients are at a greater risk of becoming victims of homicide than people without mental illness. The findings of our study are an important reminder that although the overall risk of patients committing homicide is greater than the risk of being a victim of homicide mentally ill people are often vulnerable to the violence of others' Cathryn Rodway a research associate at the University of Manchester in Britain was quoted as saying. (Read: Are mentally ill people more likely to smoke drink and do drugs?) People
