Denial of Psychopathy (Anything but Psychopathy)

[cathryn]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/6310617.stm

Check out the picture.....

Can these tragedies be prevented?
By Jane Dreaper
Health correspondent, BBC News


Bradley may have had post-traumatic stress disorder
A former soldier has admitted the manslaughter of four members of his family, who were found shot dead at the home they shared in Newcastle.

Before the killings David Bradley had complained to doctors of being tense and wound up. He told them he wanted "to kill someone".

The remarks from Bradley's anguished surviving relatives seem horribly familiar: they speak of how the family asked for help from medical services, but no one seemed to have the answers.

In court, there was agreement that Bradley had experienced lifelong behavioural and emotional difficulties.

But there was no consensus about his condition at the time of the killings.
(me: WHAT!)

One psychiatrist believed Bradley was suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, after serving with the Army in Northern Ireland.

More... http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/6310617.stm Take a look at his pic

 

[anart]

But he looks like such a friendly, cuddly guy.

When I first read this article, I admit that I thought the picture was an 'artist's rendition' or even a joke - I mean - come on! This guy looks like a caricature of a mad man. Not to make light of this family who lost their lives in such a horrid way - but, it seems like he was basically screaming out warning signs left and right - including visually.

It is really a rather odd story, since, on the whole, the pictures of the perpetrators of such acts tend to look rather normal, though ragged, frazzled or even tired. This guy looks like he's straight out of Central Casting.

 

[Laura]

What's with the "manslaughter" thing? What happened to "murder"???

 

[mada85]

Some observations on this BBC News article:

Bradley looks like a psychopathic killer from a film. Compare his features to those of a character who appeared in the original Wes Craven version of The Hills Have Eyes. Is this a hint to Joe Public that psychopaths are always killers and look 'different'? And what comes first? Do violent 'hard' men copy their look from films or vice versa? Even Lex Luthor in the latest Superman film had the same shaved head look. Are we supposed to think that all these types can get away with their behaviour on the grounds of diminished responsibility, i.e. manslaughter, not murder?

In court, there was agreement that Bradley had experienced lifelong behavioural and emotional difficulties.

Just the right kind of material for the Armed Forces.

Dr Adrian Lord, a consultant psychiatrist who has treated former soldiers, told the BBC: "The Army have arrangements to treat soldiers, but once they leave the Army, they have to then be treated by the NHS.
"The NHS has very stretched resources for treating post-traumatic stress disorder and allied conditions. The waiting lists can be extremely long.
"The other problem is that post-traumatic stress disorder doesn't necessarily start immediately. It can arise later on - anything up to several years after the trauma."

A winning combination for those who want to destabilise society by introducing more random violent incidents, and create more fear and thus a perceived need for more and stronger controls. The last remark - "It can arise later on - anything up to several years after the trauma." - makes it seem worse. Joe Public thinks, 'Oh my god, we'll never be safe.' And the pathocrats rub their hands with glee (if they can feel such a thing) as the public ask for more controls.

This is not a field, sadly, in which there are easy answers.

There are some easier answers - stop the killing and war; take the money saved from the 'defense' budget and spend it on freely available and workable treatments. I know that treatment is not effective where psychopaths are concerned, but given the percentage of psychopaths in society, then there's only an approximately 6% possibility that Bradley is a psychopath. He may just be a severely damaged individual.

Can these tragedies be prevented?

When those in power are deviants and have arrogated to themselves as much power as they have, and said deviants control the budgets of the armed forces, the health service and so on, and their agenda is so at odds with that of normal people (in Lobaczewski's usage), then it does seem that it will be very difficult to prevent these kind of tragedies. OSIT.

This case is another 'drip that hollows the stone'.

 

[mada85]

Apologies - I forgot to include a couple of links to images clarify my meaning.

David Bradley article and picture

Poster for the original version of The Hills Have Eyes

 

[paulnotbilly]

It might be worth remembering that the media tend to look for pix that are almost a caricature - if somebody goes missing, the photo tends to show them smiling/happy. Pix of people that the media wants to portray as 'nasty' tend to go for the 'disturbed' look pix.

I follow where you're coming from regarding the relation of the pic to the hills have eyes poster, that was the first thing to spring to mind. I saw this first on the BBC news, there were some more contenders for 'psycho' of the year in a later article. I think it was saturday's. I'll see if I can find them.