DescriptionThe current RAN handbook is designed as a research- and theory-informed aid for clinical forensic practitioners working with individuals who present with extremism risk/vulnerability and mental illness. The handbook stresses that there is no empirical evidence to suggest that terrorism is predominantly committed by mentally ill individuals, and where mental illness is present, it may not be relevant to risk. Wherever it has some relevance, it may not becausal, and if it is partly causal, it is likely to interact with a range of political, social, environmental, situational and biological factors at any given time. Therefore, the current handbook does not seek to explain terrorism through mental illness but instead provides guidance on which aspects of mental illness may be considered and how, whenever an individual exhibits both mental illness and terrorist offending or extremist behaviours.Related topicMental health aspectsLinkRead the document
