drunken-rambling:

rapeculturerealities:

mindovermatterzine:
“People associate mental disorder with violence. We found that crime and mental disorder are linked, but not in the way people think: Persons with severe mental disorders are terribly vulnerable to victimization.”
Linda Teplin, discussing her research paper ‘Crime victimization in adults with severe mental illness’ (This paper is under paid access, but free articles summarizing it can be read here and here)

Which is one of the ways ability informs rape culture - people with disabilities are far more likely to be victims than abled people.  People with disabilities are dehumanized and infantalized in ways that make them easier to victimize by abusers and makes it harder for them to get taken seriously if/when they report their abuse (assuming that they’re even capable of reporting it at all which isn’t always the case).

Of course it varies from disorder to disorder. Sociopaths often make it far in business and politics

Well of course: ‘sociopathy’ (now called Antisocial Personality Disorder’ is a personality disorder and not categorised as an SMI (Severe Mental Illness). 

The terms used when discussing mental health are terribly confusing I’m afraid - here’s a great factsheet on SMI, its definitions and how it should be treated in primary care, from the Centre for Mental Health.

(Source: mindovermatterzine)

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