Episode 126 – Research has shown that most terrorists are as ‘normal’ as you or me. But are they?
Tag: Mental Illness
On December 22, 2014 a man ran over ten pedestrians at a Christmas market in the French city of Nantes, before attempting to stab himself to death.
Are mental illness and violent extremism necessarily mutually exclusive? Can an individual suffer from some kind of psychological disorder and still be a terrorist?
When you read about an act of violence, do you assume the perpetrator is mentally ill? Borealis talks to Canadian forensic psychiatrist Peter Collins to shed light on these issues.
We are now more informed and can actually do some analysis about the Alek Minassian incel van attack That is how intelligence and assessment works folks.
On this day in 2016, nanny Gulchekhra Bobokulova decapitated a 4-year-old girl in her care and displayed the severed head at a Moscow metro station.
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Quick Hits 9 – Mental Illness
Is there a link between mental illness and terrorism? Yes, sometimes, but not as often as you would think.