Daniel Martins de Barros,
Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology Center, Department and Institute of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of São Paulo (FMUSP), São Paulo, Brazil.
Abstract:
The case report “Patricide and Schizophrenia” is very interesting and the topic highly relevant, once violence among psychiatric patients is quite a taboo, surrounded by prejudice, on the one hand, and misinformation on the other hand. In the first place, it is noteworthy that psychiatric patients are more prone to be victim than perpetrator of crime and violence. Thus, the main reason why people associate mental illness with aggressiveness is, above all, due to stigma and prejudice.
Keywords:Patricide and Schizophrenia ,prejudice ,psychiatric patients