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> While there is no clear indication that Loughner was directly influenced
> by right-wing ideology - it still remains to be seen whether he was or
> wasn't - there seems little doubt, based on his emails and the testimony
> of those who knew him, that his rage, confusion, incoherence, virulent
> misogyny, attraction to guns and the military, dark suicidal thoughts, and
> immersion in a white community feeling itself under threat from an alien
> race(s), all fit the profile of the authoritarian personality described by
> Adorno and others which is typically attracted to right wing causes. I
> don't believe anyone has gone so far as to describe him as schizophrenic.
Well, I describe him as schizophrenic based on the evidence. So does the
psychiatrist interviewed in Salon.com. I think people have to think less
in terms of Adorno than the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental
Disorders (DSM).
Diagnostic Criteria for Schizophrenia
A. Characteristic symptoms: Two (or more) of the following, each present
for a significant portion of time during a 1-month period (or less if
successfully treated):
* delusions
* hallucinations
* disorganized speech (e.g., frequent derailment or incoherence)
* grossly disorganized or catatonic behavior
* negative symptoms, i.e., affective flattening, alogia, or avolition
Note: Only one Criterion A symptom is required if delusions are bizarre or
hallucinations consist of a voice keeping up a running commentary on the
person's behavior or thoughts, or two or more voices conversing with each
other.
B. Social/occupational dysfunction: For a significant portion of the time
since the onset of the disturbance, one or more major areas of functioning
such as work, interpersonal relations, or self-care are markedly below the
level achieved prior to the onset (or when the onset is in childhood or
adolescence, failure to achieve expected level of interpersonal, academic,
or occupational achievement).
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