Schizophrenia makes people dangerous.

Despite the fact that the vast majority of people with schizophrenia are not violent, a sizable section of the society perceives them to be such, owing to media representations of the condition. The great majority of films involving people with schizophrenia presented them as murderous maniacs or conducting violent crimes, according to the researchers. People with schizophrenia, however, are more likely to be injured by others than to harm themselves due to the disorder's stigma.

Although some research has found that individuals with schizophrenia are four to seven times more likely to commit violent crimes than the general population, many studies have shown that the risk arises in patients with confounding variables associated with violence, such as substance abuse, which exist regardless of the presence of schizophrenia.

According to a 2012 survey, the majority (80%) of films with schizophrenia characters presented these people as aggressive. Although this study only looked at films made between 1990 and 2010, it is possible that more current films with schizophrenic characters will be more responsive to genuine schizophrenia facts. Another 2016 study discovered that several films exaggerated the characters' schizophrenia symptoms for dramatic purposes. This exaggeration is most likely the result of a total misunderstanding of the disorder, which is inconsiderate to individuals who suffer from it.