As it is essential to accurately assess an offender’s mental status so assessing the first research question that we have at hand is whether individuals with mental disorders are more prone to the committing of violent crimes when compared to mentally healthy people and as violent behavior may directly result from psychotic symptoms such as paranoid delusions which draws an inclination towards creating a continuing source of controversy over this issue. But there is also a contribution of personal violence and psychosis to this aspect. It is proved that individuals discharged from mental hospitals with no history of substance abuse had the same risk of violence as those without a history of either mental disorders or substance abuse and the point of conflict arises here which will be explained further. Moreover, when it comes to the discussion of stigma attached to mental disorders there are many people with serious mental illness who are challenged doubly. On one hand, they struggle with the symptoms and disabilities that result from the disease. On the other, they are challenged by the stereotypes and prejudice that result from misconceptions about mental illness. As a result of both, people with mental illness are robbed of the opportunities that define a quality life: good jobs, safe housing, satisfactory health care, and affiliation with a diverse group of people. Public stigma is the reaction that the general population has to people with mental illness. Self-stigma is the prejudice which people with mental illness turn against themselves. Both public and self-stigma may be understood in terms of three components: stereotypes, prejudice, and discrimination. Stereotypes are considered "social" because they represent collectively agreed-upon notions of groups of persons.