I think that this analysis would benefit greatly from distinguishing between different types of mental illness. Mental illnesses can be vastly different. After all, the only thing in common between them is that they are mental conditions that are considered “not normal” for some definition of “normal”. I suspect that different illnesses might have very different values of
The rate of being targeted by abusers.
The rate of reporting abuse which did not really happen.
The rate of not reporting abuse which did happen.
The credibility that other people lend to reports by such a person (possibly for irrational reasons).
I think that this analysis would benefit greatly from distinguishing between different types of mental illness. Mental illnesses can be vastly different. After all, the only thing in common between them is that they are mental conditions that are considered “not normal” for some definition of “normal”. I suspect that different illnesses might have very different values of
The rate of being targeted by abusers.
The rate of reporting abuse which did not really happen.
The rate of not reporting abuse which did happen.
The credibility that other people lend to reports by such a person (possibly for irrational reasons).