
Mass shootings at the hands of unhinged loners – such as those in Aurora, Colo.; Santa Barbara, Calif., and Newtown, Conn. — perpetuate a commonly held belief that mental illness triggers violent crimes. But a new study shows that hallucinations and delusions associated with psychiatric disorders seldom foreshadow acts of aggression.
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