How we form perceptions that mentally ill people are violent

• Sixty-three percent of Americans believe mass shootings are a mental health issue, according to a 2015 poll.
• Researchers from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health found that news stories linking mental illness and violence are on the rise. Between 1994 and 2005, 1% of front-pages stories linked violence with mental illness. That percentage rose to 18% between 2005 and 2014.
• A 2013 Gallup poll found that 48% of Americans blame the mental health profession for mass shootings.

Asian Americans and mental health

• Asian Americans, especially Asian American immigrants, are less likely to seek mental health than the general population, according Nolan Zane, a researcher and professor at UC Davis. Language barriers and a lack of providers who understand Asian cultures contribute to that disparity.

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