Sex offenders have higher rate of mental illness / Scientific American, 17 May 2007
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Amy Norton
"Men convicted of rape or other sexual offenses have a much higher-than-average rate of serious mental illness and history of psychiatric hospitalization, a new study suggests. The findings, published in the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, run counter to conventional wisdom. Experts have traditionally held the view that the mentally ill are not more likely to be sexual offenders."

Severe Mental Illness and Risk of Sexual Offending in Men: A Case-Control Study Based on Swedish National Registers.
Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, VOLUME 68, 2007, NUMBER 4, p588ff
Seena Fazel, Gabrielle Sjöstedt, Niklas Långström, and Martin Grann
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