2021
DOI: 10.1097/jcp.0000000000001417
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Domestic Mass Shooters

Abstract: Background: Given the relative lack of psychiatric information and data on the perpetrators of US mass shootings, the aim of our study was to understand who these "mass shooters" were and whether they had a psychiatric illness. If so, were they competently diagnosed, and if so, were they treated with appropriate medication for their diagnoses before the violence?

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“…Case reports and case series may offer in-depth information about the specific factors involved in the radicalization process of those with a diagnosis of psychotic disorder. The sample size ranged from 1 single person [42][43][44][45] to 55 participants [41,47], for a total of 128 individuals identified as radicalized, and they were mainly male.…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…Case reports and case series may offer in-depth information about the specific factors involved in the radicalization process of those with a diagnosis of psychotic disorder. The sample size ranged from 1 single person [42][43][44][45] to 55 participants [41,47], for a total of 128 individuals identified as radicalized, and they were mainly male.…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In 12.2% (N = 5) patients suffered from a psychotic disorder not otherwise specified [42,43,46,48] The final sample included ten studies, comprising observational studies (N = 5), case reports (N = 4) [42][43][44][45], and case series (N = 1) [46]. As regards study design, two were retrospective studies [41,47], one was a case-control study [32,37], one prospective longitudinal study [48], and one was a cross-sectional study [49]. Details on clinical studies are reported in Table 1.…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The first psychotic episode : Although in recent years focus on ways in which to prevent a psychotic episode from ever occurring has been in the forefront of research efforts, many individuals are still only newly brought to psychiatric care when their behavior is such that they necessitate hospitalization either because they are at eminent danger of harming themselves, have actually attempted to do so, or have threatened others, and in the extreme cases have committed acts of violence towards others, given the availability of the means to do it. Unfortunately in the USA there have been several highly publicized tragedies of murders and indiscriminant shootings with innocent lives lost caused by an individual with an evolving psychosis that went unrecognized and untreated [31 ▪▪ ].…”
Section: The Beginningsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Training in couples and family-systems therapy requires a commitment to experiential work with families, which may extend over years (Glick et al, 2019; Glick et al, 2021). Allied mental health personnel and psychiatrists must appreciate their roles in treatment planning and process.…”
Section: Integrating Family Systems Interventions Into Psychiatric Pr...mentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In fact, a recent report of mass shooters in the United States found that most perpetrators had untreated psychiatric illness. Their families were either unaware of the illness or were afraid of, or hostile to, the idea (Glick et al, 2021).…”
Section: Family Factors In Illnessmentioning
confidence: 99%