Crime And Mental Illness

Often, people who commit violent crimes are suffering from one mental illness or another. It is typically one of the first things people think of. Do we really know what mental disorders they are though? Here's a list of mental disorders that are commonly catalysts behind violent crimes. The ones that are in bold are found more often.

• Anxiety disorders
• anxiety due to a general medical condition
• substance-induced anxiety
• generalized anxiety disorder
• panic disorder
• acute stress disorder
• post-traumatic stress disorder
• adjustment disorder
• obsessive-compulsive disorder
• social phobia
• Delirium
• Delusional disorder
• Dementia 
• Impulsive control disorders
• Intoxication or withdrawal from medications or drugs
• Mood disorders
• Major Depression
• Anxiety Disorder
• Bipolar Disorder 
• Personality Disorders
• Anti-social Personality disorder
• Autism
• Schizoaffective disorder
• Schizophrenia 
• Substance dependence and abuse
• Traumatic brain injury

Keep in mind though that people do not commit these crimes because they have the disorders. There is always more to it. The scary thing is that most of us could look at this list and pick out more than one disorder that we ourselves have. Just looking at this list, I myself have four of these disorders! 

info from emedicine.medscape.com