Mental health patients ‘suffering routine abuse from neighbours’ - The Times 29th November 2007

Thursday, November 29, 2007

Most people with mental health problems are routinely subjected to physical and sexual abuse or theft by their neighbours, a new study indicates. Nearly three quarters of those suffering from conditions such as depression, bipolar disorder and schizophrenia have been victimised in the community at least once in the past two years, with one in ten being sexually assaulted, according to a report by the mental health charity Mind.

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