What Is John Garand Abnormality

According to Political Fact, “there have been 273 mass shooting in 2017- one for each day of the year (Pelosi).” In the past the government has used a strict definition to define a mass murder which states that at least four victims must be killed. Many factors play different roles in committing a terror attack or mass shooting such as biological, psychological, and social influences.

The short documentary Crooked Beauty, directed by Ken Paul Rosenthal, narrates Jacks Ashley McNamara’s experience in a psychiatric ward and how her time in the facility shapes her new appreciation for her mental illness. One controversial issue has been trying to identify the true cause of mental illness. On the one hand, most people may think mental illness is simply a biological disorder that can be cured with a combination of medication and doctors demanding appropriate behavior until it sticks in the patient’s mind. On the other, McNamara contends that mental illness is a misconception with a patient’s oversensitivity, where it is harder for the patient to ignore certain events than “normal” people, and their doctor’s textbook knowledge. In McNamara’s mental institution, the psychiatrists simply trap her in a padded room and prescribe many different pills to suppress her mental illness instead of embracing her differences or showing her how to use those differences to her advantage. In attempt to prevent those who are mentally ill from feeling the same anger and frustration she felt, she demands a change in the line psychiatric treatment when she says:

“Abnormality is very difficult to define. It can be hard to decide where normal behaviour ends and abnormal behaviour begins”

Many people who suffer from this disorder may have suicidal thoughts, bi-polar disorder and also depression .Upon her arrival at the institution she meets some of the patients who she quickly starts to connect and develop a bond with especially with one of the patients named Lisa who is diagnosed as a sociopath. Psychiatrists and psychologists states that a sociopath is someone with a personality disorder who “displays antisocial tendencies that are ascribed to social or environmental factors.” Other definitions include “A pervasive pattern of disregard for and violation of, the rights of others that begins in childhood or early adolescence and continues into adulthood.” (Dr.Axe, 2017). With this being said anyone could suffer from a personality disorder and majority of the time it goes unnoticed because we end up blaming other people for the way we feel or react to certain situations. As the movie goes on we are introduced to another woman named Daisy she suffered from compulsive eating disorder, obsessive compulsive disorder and also self harm.

This is a common occurrence for people with mental illness. People with a mental disorder are often ostracized from society and viewed as “crazy” or “psycho”. This is another example of the stigma of mental illness.

Peers of individuals who suffer from mental illness must be attentive to peculiar behavior and take all threats seriously. When people treat situations like these with care and responsibility, often the shooter’s plans are foiled. These simple steps could save countless lives.

Penfold then tried to justify her claims that misogyny and violence shaped Lepine’s beliefs and attitude and while this might be true, she ignored Marc Lepine’s claims when he stated that he hated feminist who have ruined his life and even ignore his suicide note where he stated that his actions was for political purposes. These evidence proved that the offender was at the time sane when he committed murder. However, Penfold used her journalistic power to bring the issue to the public agenda from an insanity perspective. The conclusion was that these newspaper official who the public depend on for information used the medicalization of Marc Lepine’s deviance to justify his actions. They constructed an ideology that the offender suffered from child abuse, therefore he was “mad” and“sick”. A deviant behaviour that was characterized as a mass massacre was now viewed as a mental problem by the public. There should be no doubt that if Lepine was alive, his lawyers would have used the insanity defense to justify his

Because she was a bitter, angry person that killed anybody that got in her way.

Another point that Gallagher brings up is that mental health is not always the motive for murder. Not every mentally ill person wants to see the world burn, and many don’t even have a vengeful agends.It is true however that 23% of mass shooters have sought out help for mental illness and over 50% of shooters have shown signs of mental troubles, but that does not mean that all killers Are schizophrenics guided by the voices in their head (Gallagher 3 & 7).

She should not care about what people think of her. She should be repenting on her mistakes and apologize to everyone she hurt. She should be remembering memories of her two beautiful sons. She should be regretting that she killed her innocent children and not herself. She should be regretting that she did not receive the death penalty because she cannot bear to live with the guilt of what she did. She is a cold blood murderer. Even after all these years, she still has not shown one bit of remorse for what she has

If you look at the news or any sort of social media you will see all the headlines of the most recent shooting, the Las Vegas massacre. This was by far the biggest mass shooting we have seen in a while, with about 50 dead and hundreds injured. Some of the most famous mass shootings are Columbine and Virginia Tech, both of which had mentally ill gunman. All of these shootings have one thing in common, besides the fact that they are all mass shootings, that is that all of the gunman in these situations had a mental illness are had threatened violence previously. For example, when analyzing the two Columbine shooters, Eric Harris and Dylan Kelbold, conclusions have been made that both shooters had some sort of mental illness. Dave Cullen states in his article about the mental states of the Columbine shooters, “Klebold is easier to comprehend, a more familiar type. He was hotheaded, but depressive and suicidal. He blamed himself for his problems. Harris is the challenge. He was sweet-faced and well-spoken. Adults, and even some other kids, described him as "nice." But Harris was cold, calculating, and homicidal. ‘Klebold was hurting inside while Harris wanted to hurt people,’ Fuselier says. Harris was not merely a troubled kid, the psychiatrists say, he was a psychopath.” I think that people with mental illnesses should not have the right to bear arms regardless of the Second Amendment right, because they do not have the mental capacity to stop themselves from doing something, especially if they do not think they are mentally

For example, in May 23, 2014, Elliot Rodger killed six people and injured 14 others near the campus of the University of California, Santa Barbara. As reported by Kanso & Trowbridge of CBS news (2014), that someone who had long struggled with mental health issues was able to legally assemble such an arsenal has also been a matter of debate. Elliot Rodger's family failed to convince him to seek mental health treatment, however, he had no problem purchasing a gun. To name a few others who committed violence while mentally unfit are Seung-Hui Cho and James Homes. Seung-Hui Cho killed himself and 32 others in Virginia Tech. He had a court order to seek mental health treatment but order was never carried out. James Holmes, who killed 12 people in Colorado movie theater, was warned dangerous to the University of Colorado campus police. These cases show how there's a crack in the mental health system, and no matter how strictly regulations are amended, if people with mental health issues are not diagnosed and treated properly, then the risk of violence will continue to occur.

Kopel, David. “Facts about Mental Illness and Crime.” The Washington Post, WP Company, 20 Feb. 2015, www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2015/02/20/facts-about-mental-illness-and-crime/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.7d5e27947397.

She was hospitalized multiple times in psychiatric facilities (2001-2002) for suicidal ideations and attempt, severe depression and anxiety, and hallucinations for self-harm. She was under “aggressive psychiatric and psychological treatment” (2004-2012) without improvement. She had a below average intellectual functioning and was unable of managing money.

Roy Blunt, American politician, once said, “People with mental health problems are almost never dangerous. In fact, they are more likely to be the victims than the perpetrators. At the same time, mental illness has been the common denominator in one act of mass violence after another.” There is a misconception that mental disorders such as dissociative identity disorder and schizophrenia are the same. Today’s society often see all mental disorders as one, however, they are very much different. If one was to say someone with multiple personalities is the same as someone who has hallucinations and/or has delusions, they are incorrect, which is why in specific cases such as schizophrenia, the legal term “not guilty due to mental disorder” should be valid.