Horrible news about Fort Hood yesterday. As an alumnus of VA Tech who followed that tragedy from afar, I found this latest shooting extremely painful to watch. Our hearts go out to the victims and their families and friends.
As we learn more about the identity of the shooter, Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, we're wondering what drives someone like that to do something so horrible. And is that thing - whatever that thing is - something shared by all people who commit these crimes? And finally - what happens at the breaking point.
To find out, I asked Clinical Psychologist Jill Weber if she had any insight. (You'll need to have Flash enabled to hear them...)
First of all, are there common elements between Hasan and other people like the Columbine shooters?
But lots of people feel marginalized and isolated and they aren't becoming violent...
Reports say that Hasan was a mental health therapist himself, so shouldn't he have had the knowledge and tools to process those feelings?
I asked Weber if there was anything else to add. She said this...
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