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In reply to the discussion: 'Known schizophrenic' bought guns(at Walmart) before arrest in mother's shooting death [View all]Kurska
(5,739 posts)20. Very good post well done
Also, some schizophrenics are simply abnormally silent and lacking in affect.
Schizophrenia should be considered an umbrella term for a lot of different things, just knowing someone had schizophrenia doesn't tell you a whole lot about their mental illness either.
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'Known schizophrenic' bought guns(at Walmart) before arrest in mother's shooting death [View all]
kpete
Feb 2013
OP
Are you to enshrine discrimination against the handicapped in the constitution?
harmonicon
Feb 2013
#36
Schizophrenics are only marginally more likely than "normal" people to commit a violent crime.
Kurska
Feb 2013
#4
And thus many people do NOT go to Doctor for fear they may lose their license
happyslug
Feb 2013
#21
No and they're notoriously sketchy. My mother has been diagnosed with numerous psychological
Ed Suspicious
Feb 2013
#9