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Re:Software developer arrested in connection with murder of ... by jajko on Tuesday December 10, 2024 @03:32AM (#42374960)
Most folks with mental illnesses live among us, not in mental institutions. If on a scale 1-10 you have something like bipolar on 1 or 2, you can sort of function with some meds. Sort of, until SHTF and emotions go haywire. Keeping relationships is hard, be it personal or professional, so folks struggle but from outside they often just appear 'weird'.

Wife is a GP doctor, maybe 1/3rd of her patients have some form of this.

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Re:Software developer arrested in connection with murder of ... by qingcharles on Tuesday December 10, 2024 @11:39AM (#42378463)
100% this. I've seen stats saying 20% of people in jail have untreated mental illness. I've spent a lot of time in jails and I would say it has be 80%+ because a lot of people can function enough to live in society and hide their symptoms until the point where they do something criminal.
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