Yang Congcai: American theater butchers may suffer from schizophrenia.

The shooting at the Colorado cinema in the United States attracted worldwide attention, but James Holmes, who committed the crime, was still in an unstable mental state after his arrest and was very uncooperative in the face of the investigation. Psychiatrists in China say that Holmes, a "theater butcher", should be schizophrenic according to his behavior, and most of them are due to brain endocrine disorders, leading to delusions, hallucinations, and even impulses and fantasies to attack people.

Dr. Yang Congcai said that Holmes' condition is an obvious symptom of schizophrenia, because the brain endocrine disorder leads to delusion. (Photo/Huang) Psychiatrist Yang Congcai said that Holmes' case is an obvious symptom of schizophrenia, because brain endocrine disorders lead to thinking disorders and perceptual disorders, such as delusions, hallucinations and schizophrenia. In addition to the obstacles in thinking and perception, mental patients are prone to social obstacles such as being withdrawn, not interacting with others and having a low sense of existence. Searching for relevant information on the internet is very meager.

Further analysis of Holmes' behavior before committing the crime, Yang Congcai said that neighbors said that he played the music loudly, mainly because of auditory hallucinations. People with auditory hallucinations will hear several different voices talking to him, and the content of the conversation is mostly criticism, accusation and abuse, which makes people feel unhappy. Playing music loudly is Holmes' attempt to drown out auditory hallucinations.

Pulling the curtains is an act of delusional killing. Holmes thinks that people outside are hostile to him. Pulling the curtains can prevent the outside world from knowing about his situation at home, which is Holmes' way of protecting himself.

Holmes, who always thought that the outside world wanted to murder him, was actually afraid of people and things around him. Yang Congcai pointed out that in the face of fear, people will react directly in two ways, one is to stay away from and avoid fear, and the other is to choose to actively attack the source of their own fear.

People who have the delusion of being killed will have their own explanations in the face of difficulties, explaining that they actually have a special identity and let the outside world want to harm him. Holmes is likely to put his dilemma into Batman's "clown" role.

Such people usually have a low sense of illness and don't think they are sick. Most of them had to be injected by force to stabilize their condition. If patients violently resist, they will be treated by compulsory and restrictive methods. Acute symptoms will improve in about 6 to 8 weeks, and chronic diseases may need lifelong treatment. In order to avoid recurrence after treatment, doctors usually advise patients to confirm whether what they see or hear is hallucination, such as asking others if they really have sounds or images.

Yang Congcai emphasized that modern medicine is developed, but unfortunately, this kind of thing happened in Taiwan Province Province, and about 80% of people took it to the police to tell their fortune first, instead of looking for a professional doctor first. This disease is most easily influenced by congenital inheritance, and the prevention methods are contact with people, good emotional control, adequate sleep, good exercise habits and being happy at any time.