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What are the causes of some mental patients to become continually in trouble with the law?

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Dr. Heidi Fowler answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

Some possibilities:: Poor impulse control, lack of judgment, lack of insight, under-medication, thrill seeking, stimulation of risk seeking, aggression, lack of boundaries, drug use, alcohol abuse, need for power and control, desperation, homicidal ideations, suicidal ideations, hyper-sexuality, mania, hypomania, psychosis, paranoia, sociopathy, etc.

Answered 12/1/2017

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