Norway killer Breivik is 'not psychotic', say experts (BBC)

[eppur_se_muova]

Experts monitoring the Norwegian killer, Anders Behring Breivik, say they believe he is not psychotic, contradicting court-appointed psychiatrists.

A team of experts reached the conclusion after monitoring Breivik in prison, said the public prosecutor who submitted their report to the court.

Breivik admits to twin attacks on 22 July 2011, which killed 77 people.

The original psychiatric analysis said he was insane.

The two court-appointed psychiatrists reached this conclusion after interviewing him on 13 occasions.
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more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-16416791

[frazzled]

1. Isn't killing 77 innocent people by definition insane?

I'm glad if it means he can't escape a criminal trial, but personally, I think you really do have to be psychotic to be driven to do this.

[Posteritatis]

5. "the need to invoke mental illness to make it comprehensible"

And you just perfectly articulated my discomfort with a lot of discussions around topics like this (and the standard Let's Remotely Diagnose Someone pastime the world over).

[Muskypundit]

2. Well, experts, he is not fucking normal.

[jakeXT]

4. Mkultraish maybe.....