Just looking at that first link, the methodology was apparently
They were interviewed using the British Crime Survey questionnaire for domestic and sexual violence, and their responses were compared to those from 22,606 respondents to the 2011⁄12 national crime survey.
I find it totally plausible that there’s a much higher base rate of crime, abuse, etc among the mentally ill. But if we want to argue against the model “mentally ill people are more likely to be delusional or exaggerating”, then a study which just asks them is not going to lend much evidence.
Just looking at that first link, the methodology was apparently
I find it totally plausible that there’s a much higher base rate of crime, abuse, etc among the mentally ill. But if we want to argue against the model “mentally ill people are more likely to be delusional or exaggerating”, then a study which just asks them is not going to lend much evidence.