….RE:
Table 2: Comparison of serial killers to the general population
Type of Abuse-------General Population---- Serial Killer Population
Physical -----------------6% ------------------------- 36%
Sexual ------------------ 3% --------------------------26%
Psychological ---------- 2% --------------------------50%
Neglect ---------------- 18% ------------------------- 18%
Other --------------------6% -------------------------- N/A
No Abuse Reported--70% ---------------------------32%
.just a hunch, I would bet we would find a very high % (of the 32% remaining) suffered with schizophrenia, a delusional disorder of some type , psychosis (IMO, LM was none of them- in all likelihood, IMO , he experienced a psychotic break from time to time, but IMO, he did not suffer with schizophrenia nor was he psychotic ).
The notion here being, that we could “wrap –up” the remaining 23% with a mental disorder of some sort of another”, wherein abuse, would not have had the huge impact it did in LM childhood.
Mental illness, IMO, is like Baskin Robbins, huge, varieties etc.
If anyone wants to look at what’s on the menu – here it is:
http://www.dsm5.org/Pages/Default.aspx