Stigma and mental health

Jim Kennedy writes: The Sun’s headline that 1200 people have been killed by ‘mental patients’ has, I think, caused much less of a media storm than it should have. Hence this blog. I want to start with two things that I think haven’t featured as prominently as they might in the initial responses to the story. The first is: what are the figures on which the headline is based?  As far as I can tell, they must relate to the National Confidential Inquiry into Suicide and Homicide by People with Mental Illness: Annual Report.  That report was published in July,