@article{ref1,
title="A firearm double homicide committed by a paranoid neighbor: a psychopathological study",
journal="Clinica terapeutica",
year="2022",
author="Barbieri, C. and Di Vella, G. and Bosco, C. and Grattagliano, I. and Tattoli, L.",
volume="173",
number="2",
pages="99-103",
abstract="Serious mental illness is associated with a higher risk of violent interpersonal behavior. Characteristic traits denoting a psychopatho-logical picture such as schizophrenia, depression, a borderline, or narcissistic, antisocial, or paranoid personality disorder, are frequently observed in the personality of those who have committed one or more murders. For example, mass murderers are affected by a delusional syndrome with a persecution fixation, that develops in a subject with a paranoid, anacastic personality disorder. An abnormal mental frame-work develops as a consequence of continual experiences interpreted as traumatic. We present a complex case regarding a double murder whose vic-tims were shot by a 50-year-old neighbor, who underwent a psychiatric evaluation for the assessment of criminal responsibility. In the light of the historical reconstruction of his relation sensitive delusional mindset that triggered the final reaction, his life history, the &quot;key event&quot; and the &quot;triggering environment&quot; (constant conflictual and dysfunctional rela-tions with others) led to the violence. The correct understanding of the reported case demands investigation not only of the clinical, diagnostic and psychodiagnostic aspects, but also of the perpetrator-victim/s, their relational context and the situation where the crime evolves, in order to be able to reconstruct the event in a meaningful manner.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0009-9074",
doi="10.7417/CT.2022.2401",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.7417/CT.2022.2401"
}