Mental Health Disorders and the Terrorist: A Research Note Probing Selection Effects and Disorder Prevalence

Emily Corner; Paul Gill; Oliver Mason

doi:10.1080/1057610X.2015.1120099

Mental Health Disorders and the Terrorist: A Research Note Probing Selection Effects and Disorder Prevalence

Emily Corner^*
, Paul Gill
, Oliver Mason

^*Corresponding author for this work

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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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	560-568
Number of pages	9
Journal	Studies in Conflict and Terrorism
Volume	39
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/1057610X.2015.1120099
Publication status	Published - 2 Jun 2016
Externally published	Yes

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