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There is a strong correlation between mental illness and substance abuse.

https://www.drugabuse.gov/publications/research-reports/como...

But it's the drug and alcohol misuse which predicts violence, not the mental illness.

I don't think it is so clear cut, there are certainly violent mentally ill people who don't use substances. Alternatively there are addicts who are very kind.

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