ABOUT THE DATABASE: The preventable tragedies that are catalogued in this searchable database are incidents involving an individual with a neurobiological brain disorder (usually untreated) as a victim or perpetrator of a violent episode. The episodes are drawn from news articles, ranging roughly from 1987 to the present, with the largest number of episodes researched and included since 2000. Each episode in the database includes a summary of the incident drawn from that news article, and the citation to the article. Because the incidents in the database come only from verified newspaper sources, the database can never cover all the countless unreported tragedies that occur. Sadly, most of the stories in which the ill individual is a victim of violence rarely make it into the newspaper. One notable exception is incidents in which a person with a serious brain disorder is shot by a police officer.

INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO USE THE DATABASE: Enter the criteria you would like to search for. Searches, generally, are AND searches, so you will see only records that meet ALL the criteria you list. The database returns records in reverse chronological order (most recent first).