please help...
2007-08-18 03:25:34 · 6 answers · asked by paola 2 in Health ➔ Mental Health
There's no such thing. Some people with mental illness may have violent thoughts and act on them.
People with Antisocial Personality Disorder (Sociopaths) have a strong tendency to criminal behavior but it does not always include murder. I suspect most serial killers would have Antisocial Personality Disorder to some degree.
I worked in mental health for 20 years, we had some people locked up as NGRI (not guilty by reason of insanity) and they have all kinds of diagnoses, Schizophrenia, Bipolar, etc. Antisocial Personality Disorder, Pedophilia and Sexual Sadism are sometimes diagnosed.
Paranoid Personality Disorder might be diagnosed because those people tend to hold long grudges. Paranoid Delusional Disorder is possible because they tend to be stalkers and develop attachments to people they don't really know.
I think the Son of Sam killer was diagnosed with Paranoid Schizophrenia. Jeffrey Dahmer was diagnosed with Necrophilia and Alcoholism.
2007-08-18 05:27:57 · answer #1 · answered by majnun99 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Homicide is in many mental heath issues, May i correct you that mania is mania and yes it can create these thoughts, bi-polar for instance. The person has no concience when i this state so can become a threat to themself or others. I think this may be way off but i wouldnt describe it as mania.
2007-08-18 15:13:08 · answer #2 · answered by laura k 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is a mixture of psychosis, schizophrenia, and dementia. It is a possive- aggressive mania. I like studying about mental illnesses, the the simple fact that I want to be a Psychiatrist one day. Why are you wanting to know this?
2007-08-18 10:55:07 · answer #3 · answered by bigmama35 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
omg... theres a mania for murdering?! i never heard of one. my guess is that its just ocd. if you are obsessed with murdering, i would go see a therapist right now. good luck.
ps:if there is one, can you please inform me? i ask lots of questions, so when i ask one, just put the mania as an answer.
2007-08-18 10:55:03 · answer #4 · answered by Q 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Im not sure if its mania, too me it would sound more as an OCD issue but I'm not a doc~
2007-08-18 10:33:10 · answer #5 · answered by dave s 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That would be a "sociopath"
2007-08-18 10:33:21 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋