Psychiatry in children's literature: guess how much I hate you – Extra

link would remove the topic from the public and scientific focus, leading to it slowly becoming a taboo?If so, the public would lack comprehensive and nuanced information, potentially intensifying fear and reliance on unreliable sources of information, and eventually fuelling stigmatisation.Perhaps the best approach to dispel the stigma is an in-depth understanding of the association between violence and schizophrenia while acknowledging the limitations of scientific inquiry.This endeavour requires an ongoing, balanced discourse supported by rigorous longitudinal quantitative and qualitative research that confronts rather than shies away from the complexities of these issues.This may help identify causes of violence and the steps needed to mitigate it, including refinement of prediction tools.Ultimately, this could lead to identification of subgroups at risk, thereby destigmatising schizophrenia as a whole.