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HereSince1628

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2. It's all enigmatic. We've no confirmation re his mental health or treatment...

Thu Mar 28, 2013, 12:56 PM

Mar 2013

Even if we assume he had an Asperger's dx, which statistically isn't associated with elevated risks of social/criminal violence

Because there is no information it seems we must be open to the possibilities of the presence of other co-morbidities, and/or his having been motivated by circumstance(s) not related to a mental illness or side effects of treatment.

What he did was horrendous and criminal. The need to identify and vilify a perpetrator is understandable.

But society's need for rationalization of what happened to seek protection from fearful unknowns has gone beyond that. It's developed into a festering deepened suspicion, unwarranted fear that fosters alientation and discrimination against all persons with mental illness regardless of dx.

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Re: CT document release--Lanza had a book on Autism and a book on Aspergers in his room [View all] HereSince1628 Mar 2013 OP

So sad, really. cbayer Mar 2013 #1

It's all enigmatic. We've no confirmation re his mental health or treatment... HereSince1628 Mar 2013 #2

While there is not increased risk with Asperger's, isn't there increased risk cbayer Mar 2013 #3

Self-defence and vengeful retribution are commonly associated with violence... HereSince1628 Mar 2013 #4

I agree with you and did not wish to imply otherwise. cbayer Mar 2013 #5

I don't mean to suggest otherwise. I think many people see a mental illness as fully defining HereSince1628 Mar 2013 #6