Akimoto Haruo
Tokyo University Medical School, Tokyo, Japan.
Psychiatry Clin Neurosci. 2006 Feb;60(1):3-8. doi: 10.1111/j.1440-1819.2006.01454.x.
This paper is a further discussion of the author's previous reports on the crimes committed by the Asahara-Aum Cult. First, the motivations of Asahara-Aum crimes, in particular those of murders, and their abnormality beyond the realm of criminology are ascertained. Second, psychopathology of the leader, Asahara, was considered, and it was assumed that Asahara was affected with the syndrome of pseudologia phantastica which was confirmed by his strange attitude during his trials. Third, the mental status of Asahara after the first trial was investigated, and some evidence was found that his mental status was so severe as to be 'unfit to plead' that psychiatric evaluation and treatment would be necessary. Fourth, the reasons for making people, in particular scientific elites, fascinated with Asahara and the Aum Cult were scrutinized and some clues were described. Finally, the problem that Aum has survived under the name of Aleph, how heavy capital punishment for Leader Asahara is appropriate, and that reparations for victims of Asahara-Aum crimes are urgent from the standpoint of social psychiatry, are discussed.
本文是作者先前关于麻原彰晃 - 奥姆真理教所犯罪行报告的进一步探讨。首先，确定麻原彰晃 - 奥姆真理教犯罪的动机，特别是谋杀动机，以及其超出犯罪学范畴的异常之处。其次，考量教主麻原的精神病理学情况，假定麻原患有幻想性谎语症，这一点在他受审期间的怪异态度中得到证实。第三，调查麻原首次受审后的精神状况，发现一些证据表明其精神状况极为严重，以至于“不适合辩护”，因此有必要进行精神科评估和治疗。第四，仔细研究了使人们，特别是科学精英，对麻原和奥姆真理教着迷的原因，并描述了一些线索。最后，讨论了奥姆真理教以阿莱夫的名义存续的问题、对教主麻原判处多重的死刑才合适，以及从社会精神病学的角度来看，对麻原彰晃 - 奥姆真理教罪行的受害者进行赔偿刻不容缓。
