Investigating the role of mental health in terrorism motives: study of documented attacks from the Global Terrorism Database

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Authors

Katrien Verveckken · University of Antwerp

Harald De Cauwer · University of Antwerp

Amir Khorram‐Manesh · University of Gothenburg

Dennis G. Barten · VieCuri Medisch Centrum

Derrick Tin · Harvard University

Fredrik Granholm · Sundsvall Municipality

Francis Somville ·

Abstract

The possible relation between terrorism and mental illness or addiction is a recent phenomenon in the GTD. The prototypical case consists of a lone actor suffering from an assumed mental illness committing an armed assault. Only a minority of perpetrators were unable to stand trial in this series.

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Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence Suicide and Self-Harm Studies

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Published in: The British Journal of Psychiatry

DOI: 10.1192/bjp.2026.10553

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Investigating the role of mental health in terrorism motives: study of documented attacks from the Global Terrorism Database

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