Insanity is the term used for the definition under criminal law. The legal definition of insanity or "mental disorder" under criminal law varies some.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insanity_defense
US law
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insanity_defense#United_States_law
Insane is really a hangover from the 50's
There is no such thing as insane in the mental health field
Psychosis and delusions are the outgrowth of 1950's definition of insanity/
Insanity is like cheesy horror films
both psychosis and delusions wane in intensity and duration/
Only the acute are chronically either one or the other most go in and out -- experiencing periods of time or relative stability
Relative important here! When not actively psychotic or delusional most appear a bit off or different but can easily be in aisle 4 in a walmart super store!!
Typically there is an emotional component that is just "different" when stable - but few folks suffering with the malady run around talking to clouds constantly.
It more like in and out or up or down .
In a lot of times media gets reared up about family -- but most family systems are really not anticipating IMO that their family member will go take a machine gun and slaughter other humans.
He is 29 the families only recourse would be to go to court and prove that he cant cut his food count money do the laundry dress correctly drive pay bills to get any family system to take control over an adult
and the above mentioned had better be easily proven over time
I have found correlations with socioeconomic religion and education history in terms of how family systems view mental illness/
There are very real differences/
If we had a schizophrenic male 23 years of age
and had the same person in a lower socioeconomic setting and then the same
person in an affluent system generally speaking the exact same illness and its consequences are responded to very
differently
Lets make it T Giving. In both setting the person suffering loses it and turns over the dining room table with food flying all over
Just using an general example
In the lower socioeconomic / education family system in all likelihood the cops would
be called
In the affluent setting an ambulance would be called with a request to transport the individual to a psyc hospital.
There are also differences in terms of hiding a family member suffering with illiness/
Generally speaking in more educated family systems it is much more out in the open - is not an embarrassment and nothing to be ashamed of.
It is different .
In this context I found dads description of the situation very telling
"When he was having problems" struck me as kinda in denial of the situation/
Age impacts also. This generation is much more educated and empathetic than the previous generations.
If we notice the sister went over to deescalate him and had no fear of him
I would be very curious if they did try intervention earlier however.
Onset tho , in this situation pretty well fits sounds like he starting having more and more issues as he got older and that is often how it progresses.
I did get the sense that dad had been talking to him while he was on the run. However as parents would you not do the same thing for your child -- tell him to ask for a lawyer and hope he remembers to do so.
I have always had empathy for family systems in these situations.
In terms of public media perception tho IMO the family systems that are open and authetic with the media (Elliot ROgers folks ) imo tend to fair better in the public sphere.
But in this instance they appear to be very religious so there may be some of that this is gods choice kind of thing.
It would behove them imo to be straight up and acknowledge his history.
It seems to me the public tends to be kinder if the system is honest with the public -- not vanish
There are imo also gender differences in responding to a mentally ill family member
and that goes both ways/ By that I mean if it is a son or a daughter who is ill the system will respond differently -- as will the mother and the father
father to sick son different than with sick daughter -- its just socialization .
father to sick daughter would be different.
same with mom to son daughter
same with siblings
its complicated
for some reason tho I get a sense that dad really wanted his sons issued hidden and that his illness was a source of intense conflict within the marriage.
It just feels like dad was kinda over it but at the end of the day when your son goes and shoots up people it is kind of
parenty" for dad not to want his son to get himself in more legal trouble than he already is in
He was on a downward spiral got fired recently am confident dad was not all that thrilled exacerbates his decompensation
if we look at just what we know he was on a downward spiral stealing a car etc etc
the notion however IMO that he can say he wants a lawyer does not negate any of his illiness
The pants to me just struck me as totally afraid someone or something was coming after him -- i get a feeling of fleeing danger
the four minutes in the truck is also haunting imo for some reason there was some torment going on
the long term history we know of at this point is congruent with the reality that he suffered with profound mental illness and like most before him is not excuse to get away with a murder -- its the illness itself
Sick people have been killing people for decades
it feels more hideous because machine guns destroy more people than a revolver or knife
at some point our nation is going to have to address their addiction to the right to bear machine guns
Parkland shows that the next generation is heading in the right direction.
Until then ----- keep your news on ----
did you all hear about the mentally disturbed young man in canada ................
just my ramblings................