You’re overanalyzing a bit.
Based on his reporting hearing voices, the kid was likely simply a paranoid schizophrenic, which, while complex, is basically a chemical imbalance. Most schizophrenics aren’t dangerous; some, unfortunately, are.
That’s
VERY IMPRESSIVE . . . the geologist telling the psychologist how to be a better psychologist.
Methinks your biases are coloring your assessments
yet again.
The data does not support such a simplistic analysis, imho.
Exactly. My brother suffers from it and is always looking up the newest research and treatments for it. Like many paranoid schizophrenics, he falls off the treatment wagon frequently, but at least he attempts to be pro-active about his condition.
I can't tell you the agony of blame my mother went through for years after he was diagnosed. I believe I helped her get over the worst of that, using simple facts of our family over the years, but she still blames herself. Just not as totally as she once did.