Woodbury-Smith Marc R, Loftin Rachel, Westphal Alexander, Volkmar Fred R
Biosciences Institute, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom.
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, United States.
Front Psychiatry. 2022 Mar 25;13:873121. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2022.873121. eCollection 2022.
People with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are represented among those who espouse extremist thought and have committed violent acts associated with their beliefs. Media often highlight a perpetrator's psychiatric diagnosis following acts of mass violence, which in some instances has included ASD. ASD may itself not provide useful information for understanding motivations. Instead, understanding specific traits and neuropsychological and other vulnerabilities may offer an opportunity to make sense of these very complex events.
患有自闭症谱系障碍(ASD)的人在那些支持极端思想并实施与其信仰相关暴力行为的人群中也有体现。媒体在大规模暴力行为发生后,常常会强调犯罪者的精神疾病诊断,其中某些情况下包括ASD。ASD本身可能无法为理解动机提供有用信息。相反,了解特定特征以及神经心理学和其他方面的脆弱性,可能会为理解这些极其复杂的事件提供契机。