We’ll probably never know why he did this.
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Paranoid schizophrenia and suicide by cop are the leading theories.
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http://realdoctorstu.com/2011/01/19/the-top-10-medical-tv-myths/
The Top 10 Medical TV Myths
Posted by Stuart Farrimond
January 19, 2011
6. The ‘Paranoid’ Schizophrenia Myth
Mental Illness gets a bad press, even in medical dramas
Mental health issues carry a lot of bad stigma in today’s society. I get very cross when medical dramas don’t take the opportunity to dispel common myths and misconceptions. Schizophrenia is nearly always portrayed very badly: Characters either have a ‘split personality’ or are ‘blood-thirsty psychopaths’.
In reality, people with schizophrenia are rarely violent, and do not have a ‘split personality’.
‘Paranoid’ schizophrenia is the name given for the commonest type of schizophrenia but many psychiatrists don’t even use the term because of the negative and inaccurate connotations it has.
Unlike what you might have read in tabloid newspapers, people suffering from schizophrenia usually withdraw into themselves and are troubled by worrying delusions.