Time Trends in Homicide and Mental Illness in Ontario from 1987 to 2012: Examining the Effects of Mental Health Service Provision.
Stephanie R PenneyAaron ProsserTeresa GrimbosPadraig DarbyAlexander I F SimpsonPublished in: Canadian journal of psychiatry. Revue canadienne de psychiatrie (2017)
The rate of MAH has not changed appreciably over the past 25 years. Declining psychiatric service utilisation was not associated with the rate of homicide committed by people with mental illness and, secondarily, was not linked to increases in the population homicide or incarceration rates. Substance use has become a more prevalent problem for this population.