Thursday 5 December 2013

Asperger's and Schizoid personality disorder

This article is a very unique study on the of the link between personality disorders that cause in some cases serial killers to emerge. This study compares Aspergers syndrome to schizoid personality disorder. They are very similar and can really only be differentiated by a trained professional. This study then discusses in depth the psychological analysis of Jeffrey Dahmer, to try and evaluate the link between AD and schizoid personality disorder. The study concludes that Jeffrey Dahmer could have had either or. Both disorders generate some symptoms that if not controlled can lead to severe violence. The link between the two disorders is controversial and is have only recently been linked together. The researchers believe that Asperger's should be reviewed more in depth considering the fact that schizoid personality disorder is extremely similar. It is question quite offend what makes a person commit such terrible crimes. Many personality disorders have been linked to serial killing, however there has been not concrete link to only one disorder. This research paper is trying to grasp at similarity between the murders to try and see if society could prevent some of the killings by diagnosing earlier and treatment options to control symptoms. To read the full article visit   http://www.murderpedia.org/male.D/images/dahmer-jeffrey/docs/jeffrey-dahmer-silva-et-al.pdf
Written by Courtney Milonja

1 comment:

  1. Sorry, Jeffrey Dahmer was repeatedly diagnosed with borderline personality disorder by every single psychologist and psychiatrist that evaluated him. The study you quote was done over a decade after he was dead. It is basically meaningless conjecture.

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