HealthDay (6/15, Preidt) reports research suggests that “many mass shooters in America suffered from a mental illness that wasn’t being treated when they committed their crime.” Investigators came to this conclusion after studying “35 mass shooting cases that occurred in the United States between 1982 and 2019 and involved shooters who survived and were brought to trial.” After analyzing “various sources of medical evidence on the mass shooters,” the study team found that 18 of the shooters “had schizophrenia and 10 had other diagnoses including bipolar disorder, delusional disorder, personality disorders and substance-related disorders.” What’s more, “of the 28 shooters with a mental illness diagnosis, none were medicated or received other treatment for their disorders prior to their crimes,” the study revealed. The findings were published online June 7 ahead of print in the Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology.
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— “Many U.S. Mass Shooters Had Untreated Mental Illness: Study “Robert Preidt, HealthDay, June 15, 2021