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Arizona Shooter Jared Lee Loughner: Sleep Disorder?
I have suspected for a long time that many deranged violent criminals were suffering from sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) and that SDB was the underlying cause of their derangement.
Now I wonder about Loughner. In posts he made on MySpace and in videos he posted on YouTube he writes several times references to sleep including, "I am a sleepwalker," "Jared Loughner is in need of sleep," "I am a dreamer," and "I am a conscious dreamer." Also there is a low resolution photo of Jared with a wide grin and his teeth appear to be crowded, which is an indication that his airway may be narrow.
Things may be changing but we know that the mental health profession has had a tremendous blind spot for SDB. I am sure the same blind spot exists in law enforcement and the courts.
Speculation about Loughner aside, is SDB often an underlying cause of deranged individuals acting violently? What do you think?
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Permalink Reply by Steven Y. Park, MD on
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Very sad story.
Rooster, I agree. It would be interesting to screen all the prisoners in one facility to see what the rate of sleep apnea is. I'm willing to bet it's going to be very high.
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Permalink Reply by D. W. Conn on
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AGREED
99 said:while that may correct and true it is not an excuse
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Permalink Reply by Rooster on
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Not an excuse?
Well sometimes it is in legal systems. The perpetrator, John Hinkley, Jr., of President Reagan's assassination attempt was found not guilty by reason of insanity and is under institutional psychiatric care. (After this trial concluded Congress passed the Insanity Defense Reform Act of 1984 which made such rulings more difficult.)
In one U.S. eight-state study the insanity defense was used in less than 1% of all court cases and, when used, was successful 26% of the time. Of those cases that were successful, 90% of the defendants had been previously diagnosed with mental illness.
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Permalink Reply by RockRpsgt on
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We are a society of nothing but excuses.
99 said:while that may correct and true it is not an excuse
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Permalink Reply by Judy on
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My first thought was of bi-polar disorder or schizophrenia, both of which tend to break in late teens, early 20s.
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Judy said:My first thought was of bi-polar disorder or schizophrenia, both of which tend to break in late teens, early 20s.I'm with Judy on this one. It appears to align perfectly with paranoid schizophrenia from my admittedly sparse knowledge. Even if he were to have SDB, though, I doubt seriously that SDB would be the root cause of such heinous criminal behavior. I believe there is more to it than that, including environment and upbringing, and exposure to violence (from abuse or simply being around it) at an early age, among other things.
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Here is the best article I have seen discussing the root of this widespread problem: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703779704576073973345...
In the article Dr. Torrey states, "(Some of the mentally ill) are unaware they are sick."
On a radio interview today Dr. Torrey expounded on this statement by saying they don't have the capacity to recognize their problems and this is likely due to damage in the part of the brain that is responsible for self evaluation.
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Permalink Reply by 99 on
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The solution to this situation is obvious—make sure individuals with serious mental illnesses are receiving treatment
individuals should have a right to treatment anyway as the government raise the threshold hurdles it is bound to have its consequenses in one way or anonother
Rooster said:Here is the best article I have seen discussing the root of this widespread problem: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703779704576073973345...
In the article Dr. Torrey states, "(Some of the mentally ill) are unaware they are sick."
On a radio interview today Dr. Torrey expounded on this statement by saying they don't have the capacity to recognize their problems and this is likely due to damage in the part of the brain that is responsible for self evaluation.
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