How Mental Disorders Contributes to Serial Killers
A serial killer and the reasons for their behavior are so unlike there is no basis to compare to other criminals and the reasons they commit their crimes. One reason why is that most serial killers are affected with various mental disorders, also known as a mental illness. A controversial theory is that certain mental illnesses make an individual more prone to becoming a serial killer, but there is evidence showing a correlation between the two. It is important to understand mental disorders may cause actions such as killing.
The question whether a serial killer is born or made has been a controversial topic and one that has been researched extensively for years. A child born is not
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The National Alliance on Mental Illness reports that mental health conditions are seen in 20% of state prisoners and 21% of local prisoners. These numbers do not include the 70% juveniles with various mental health conditions. Statistics show that there is an obvious correlation between your mental health and crime. Serial killers are often born with some type of mental disorder, which can be an explanation to why they inhumanely take the lives of others. Their action is just natural instinct to their disorder and can explain why individuals do unthinkable things because they are genetically inclined to …show more content…
This is another disorder that can not be prevented. Individuals with borderline personality disorder are almost always aggressive and emotionally unpredictable. They tend to act violent towards themselves and others. In a study of 998 patients with BPD 75% were caucasians. In another study, Ansevics and Doweiko, both psychologist, researched 11 different serial killers in depth and determined that they all had signs and symptoms of borderline personality disorder. Borderline personality disorder cannot be cured, but certain treatments can help an individual who is experiencing it. Psychiatric consultant, Dr. Mark Saltat stated “there is an increasing body of evidence that individual and group-based therapy, carried out carefully and patiently by trained individuals, can make significant, enduring improvements in more than half of cases”. This supports that having borderline personality is something a person would have to deal with their whole life, many can, but in some cases people are not able to and the result can be