Just as diseases of the heart,lungs,kidney and liver clearly exist so,too,do diseases of the brain.When your heart is abnormal it might ship beats,pump inefficiently,etc,etc.When your liver is abnormal you might turn yellow or feel weak,etc,etc.When your brain's abnormal you might have abnormal thought and sometimes act on these thoughts.Schizophrenia exists...it's a chronic,devastating brain disease that destroys lives...just as certain types of heart disease destroy lives.
My diagnosis is Schizophrenia.He's exactly the right age for it.
Schizophrenia is not comparable to hepatitis or congestive heart failure, which have physical symptoms that can be seen. Schizophrenia is not a disease of the brain. A brain tumor is a disease of the brain.
Your point is well taken. In fact, even given the dubious source (NBC “News”), I still think Holmes’ mother did identify him as the likely mass murderer. This fits in with his trouble with the internship program and a developing illness. Indeed, I suspect the family knew all about it, was horrified, did its best to conceal the problem, and didn’t know what to do about it.
I agree with the schizophrenia diagnosis. I’m not a shrink, but I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night. I was also a prosecutor for 18 years and tried several murder cases where the insanity defense was raised. Even though he can be diagnosed with schizophrenia, and a fairly bad case of it, that alone does not mean he is “insane” in the legal sense of the word. In order for his insanity defense to fly, he must suffer from a mental disease or defect to the extent that he is unable to appreciate the wrongfulness of his conduct. One of the main things forensic shrinks look at in determining legal “sanity” is the ability to plan. In this case, he clearly had a plan, not only for the theater but also in the booby-trapping of his home. Sure, it was an evil and diabolical plan. Nor was it a very good one. But it was a plan, and I think that’s what the jury will hang their hats on to convict him with a Guilty but Mentally Ill verdict.
Perhaps comorbid with Asperger Syndrome or other high functioning autism spectrum disorder.
Nope, schizo’s emerge in early adulthood. This makes more sense with Holmes than Bishop age wise. Although, I don’t think Holmes could possibly function so highly to set up Aurora if he was schizo! Schizo’s can’t organize complex projects, or plan out elaborate schemes.