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Started by CB Brooks MD, July 09, 2012, 04:20:47 PM

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CB Brooks MD

Black Jester (not Red haired Joker),
It's definitely a possibility. Age of onset, disordered delusional thinking, intelligence, possible paranoia, all can point to schizophrenia. Other possibility is initial mania episode of bipolar disorder.
I'd expect more history of troubled past with sociopath, psychopath causes.

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Your book sounds interesting. Looking forward to reading it.

About the shooter, yes, sociopaths typically have impulse control issues, so one would expect him to have more of a criminal background if that was the case. And the act seems very planned, having obtained so much ammunition, and having booby- trapped his apartment. I would guess he is a paranoid schizophrenic. It fits the Joker delusion and the violence. And reports are saying he was kind of a loner? Paranoid schizophrenics tend prefer an emotional distance too.

But my abnormal psych knowledge is rusty, so it's still just a guess.

CB Brooks MD

I agree.
The pathology is reminiscent of Teddy Kaczynski, the Unabomber. Social isolation, meticulous planning, high underlying intelligence – just no wild beard in this case!