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psychotic episode murderer [1 record]
Record 1 - internal organization data 2024-02-21
Record 1, English
Record 1, Subject field(s)
- Criminal Psychology
- Criminology
Record 1, Main entry term, English
- psychotic episode murderer
1, record 1, English, psychotic%20episode%20murderer
correct
Record 1, Abbreviations, English
Record 1, Synonyms, English
Record 1, Textual support, English
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
... to categorize the offenders into several groups: the chronic anti-social individual who is habitually aggressive and frequently abuses alcohol; the psychotic episode murderer whose violence is associated with delusions, loss of contact with reality and emotional tension which is relieved by the assault; and episodic or situational murderers whose assaults are the result of manic-depressive illness, organic brain dysfunction or cyclical alcoholism resulting in rage states. 2, record 1, English, - psychotic%20episode%20murderer
Record 1, Key term(s)
- psychotic-episode murderer
Record 1, French
Record 1, Domaine(s)
- Psychologie criminelle
- Criminologie
Record 1, Main entry term, French
- meurtrier passagèrement psychotique
1, record 1, French, meurtrier%20passag%C3%A8rement%20psychotique
correct, masculine noun
Record 1, Abbreviations, French
Record 1, Synonyms, French
- meurtrière passagèrement psychotique 2, record 1, French, meurtri%C3%A8re%20passag%C3%A8rement%20psychotique
correct, feminine noun
Record 1, Textual support, French
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
[...] établir plusieurs catégories d'infracteurs : l'individu chroniquement anti-social qui est un agressif habituel et abuse souvent d'alcool; le meurtrier passagèrement psychotique dont la violence est associée à des fantasmes et à la perte de contact avec la réalité et qui trouve dans l'agression un exutoire à ses tensions émotionnelles; et le meurtrier occasionnel ou réactionnel dont les agressions sont dues à un syndrome maniaco-dépressif, à une dysfonction organique du cerveau ou à un alcoolisme cyclique qui provoque des états de rage. 3, record 1, French, - meurtrier%20passag%C3%A8rement%20psychotique
Record 1, Spanish
Record 1, Textual support, Spanish
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