TY - JOUR
T1 - Mental Health Disorders and the Terrorist
T2 - A Research Note Probing Selection Effects and Disorder Prevalence
AU - Corner, Emily
AU - Gill, Paul
AU - Mason, Oliver
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016, Emily Corner, Paul Gill, and Oliver Mason.
PY - 2016/6/2
Y1 - 2016/6/2
N2 - ABSTRACT: Recent research on lone-actor terrorism has found a high prevalence of mental health disorders among these offenders. This research note addresses two shortcomings in these existing studies. First, it investigates whether selection effects are present in the selection process of terrorist recruits. Second, it builds on the argument that mental health problems and terrorist behavior should not be treated as a yes/no dichotomy. Descriptive results of mental health disorders are outlined utilizing a number of unique datasets.
AB - ABSTRACT: Recent research on lone-actor terrorism has found a high prevalence of mental health disorders among these offenders. This research note addresses two shortcomings in these existing studies. First, it investigates whether selection effects are present in the selection process of terrorist recruits. Second, it builds on the argument that mental health problems and terrorist behavior should not be treated as a yes/no dichotomy. Descriptive results of mental health disorders are outlined utilizing a number of unique datasets.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84954225270&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/1057610X.2015.1120099
DO - 10.1080/1057610X.2015.1120099
M3 - Article
SN - 1057-610X
VL - 39
SP - 560
EP - 568
JO - Studies in Conflict and Terrorism
JF - Studies in Conflict and Terrorism
IS - 6
ER -