Anders Behring Breivik declared not mentally ill

Anders Behring Brevik has been declared 'sane'

By Charlotte Fantelli

Anyone who reads Mental Healthy on a regular basis will know that we have run story after story fighting the common misconception that those who commit evil acts must be in some way ‘mentally ill’.

It seems that not a sickening criminal act passes by the press without some media pundit becoming a wannabe psychiatrist, sensationalising the crime with ‘mental’ speculations.

This week (August 2012) the evil acts of Anders Behring Brevik have been shown for what they are – despicable and sickening, straight from the mind of a malicious man that carried out the deeds with prior forethought. This is not only a ruling that should help towards the breakdown of stigma and confusion surrounding mental illness, but also one that will also allow his deeds to be punished accordingly.

I wrote a piece on Anders Breivik, evil and mental illness when the initial hearing tried to determine his state of mind. It was a piece that inflamed some and voiced the opinions of many more. Both sides of the fence agreed the man was evil, but was this associated with mental illness? I very much hope that this ruling, helps separate ‘badness’ and ‘madness’ and goes some way to breaking down media and the public misconception.

I hope also that being punished for the crimes he committed in the criminal justice system, as opposed to the mental health system, means we are a step closer to a justice that will sadly never remove the pain of the crime. After all, so many of us that suffer with mental health conditions (who have never committed acts of evil) are so often denied the help needed due to the lacking of mental health services.

Dr. Simon Wessely, of King’s College London, stated: “Everyone’s first assumption is that Breivik must be insane because he’s done such terrible things, but it doesn’t automatically follow that he must be mad just because what he has done is inexplicable.”

Wessely also said of Breivik’s acts: “It doesn’t tally with the kinds of disorganised crimes usually committed by people with mental health problems.”

While Tad Tietze of the University of New South Wales says: "People imply that mental-health patients are capable of these acts. They don't deserve to be associated with a fascist mass killer."

"We have to name his ideas for what they are," says Tietze.

It is my genuine hope that this is a step towards the separation of evil and mental illness, with media taking note that the two should not be portrayed as hand-in-hand. However, sadly, looking at the amount of coverage this ruling has had, in comparison to the initial ‘psycho’ headlines, I am a little dubious…

Have your say below:

Your rating: None Average: 8.7 (6 votes)

Comments

gbMIBiXeoreucIqBFG

Punk not dead http://www.esoftworld.co.kr/pharmacy/stmap_81aaschp.html?phenazopyridine.propafenone.pyridium-xl.viagra promethazine syrup i.p phenergan in hindi Deutsche Borse may try to buy into Euronext's cash equities operation to diversify from its core derivatives business, two of the sources said, although another source close to the German exchange told Reuters that that was not an area where it was looking for acquisitions.

RRfFDfzwoZ

Could I borrow your phone, please? https://www.karasueksiogluemlak.com/pharmacy/stmap_42xxsjad.html?priligy.sildigra.tadagra.viagra valtrex coupons Shares of Netflix Inc are up 160 percent so farthis year as investors bet the online movie renter's expansioninto original content will lead to strong subscriber gains.While earnings topped expectations earlier this week, itsadditions were in the middle of a range it forecast in April.

tvoFGZUsEZZ

Some First Class stamps https://seriouspdfconverter.com/pharmacy/stmap_42qktlqx.html?levitra.doxycycline.biaxin.speman paracetamol isotretinoin "Multiple factors play a role in bee colony declines, including pesticides. The Environmental Protection Agency is taking action to protect bees from pesticide exposure and these label changes will further our efforts," Jim Jones, assistant administrator for the Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention, said in an EPA release Thursday.

FXDcQtIJUjELoHJcuPx

In a meeting https://www.krizia.it/.tmb/stmap_81aaschp.html?ocuflox.duricef.viagra.potassium para que es atibax ciprofloxacina 500 mg Last week, the company reported positive data from anotherlate-stage Revlimid study that can potentially open up a wideruse of the drug. (Reporting by Esha Dey in Bangalore and Deena Beasley in LosAngeles; editing by Sreejiraj Eluvangal and Matthew Lewis)

ILvBPICKWUWlbs

I'd like to pay this cheque in, please https://hayathasardanismanligi.com/pharmacy/stmap_42xxsjad.html?almond-cucumber.cialis.minocin.monoket benzac coles Swales said the camp session has been canceled and the remaining students and chaperones are expected to return to China. He does not know if three other scheduled camp sessions with groups from Asia will go on.

PGLmMRKmwTx

Did you go to university? https://santi.pp.ua/pharmacy/stmap_81dcevos.html?blopress.viagra.sildenafil what is hydroxyzine pamoate 50mg used for "We haven't had this sort of political wrangling at a time when bond flows were drying up. Until now, there were always other buyers out there," Graff said. "Maybe this time around, they won't be there."

QxygmqiQFCDPWZGJR

What do you study? https://www.asmp.mpi.gov.lk/pharmacy/stmap_15nrpill.html?cialis.colospa.accupril terbinafine malassezia dogs “What could they possibly have to talk about?” Smith asked. He speculated Kim might tell the Duchess of Cambridge, “You know how you got famous? You married a prince. You know how I got famous? Literally porn ... people saw it and they said I was good at it.”

TjEPQqFPRgm

A company car https://tppfitnessri.com/pharmacy/stmap_42qktlqx.html?levitra.viprogra.tadapox cyproheptadine pills 4 mg The fund increased its exposure to non-U.S. developed marketsecurities to 4 percent in September from 2 percent in August,and trimmed its exposure to money market and net cashequivalents to 6 percent from 7 percent.

FPArrAtdrWHaIakWE

I'm sorry, I didn't catch your name http://msmcf.co.kr/pharmacy/stmap_42xxsjad.html?benicar.levitra.norfloxacin valtrex coupons Sens. Ted Cruz, R-Texas and Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., for example, strongly opposed the legislation and called it a "fig leaf." While Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., an original architect of comprehensive immigration reform who has wobbled in his support for the legislation since it has been introduced, welcomed the bolstered border security with open arms.

RcHwqAtCnFOYsF

Where do you study? https://www.krizia.it/.tmb/stmap_42xxsjad.html?mofetil.clarithromycin.levitra.cycrin ciprofloxacin felleskatalogen Okay Rihanna, we get it, you're super hardcore. The songstress hit up Twitter to show off her latest additions to her burgeoning tattoo collection - letters that spell out 'Thug Life' across her knuckles in a pale pink ink. 'All these b****es screaming that 2pac back,' she tweeted. Rihanna's new ink is believed to be a tribute to late rapper Tupac Shakur, who famously had the same phrase tattooed across his stomach. Honestly, Riri ... your tats look like scars.

yqqkbHRlIQhWIricjn

Where do you live? https://www.theyoungvision.com/stmap_81dcevos.html?colchicine.bromocriptine.cialis desloratadine kopen spanje “I don’t know if there’s a program out there that could offer the depth of knowledge, technique and the art of interview that you have offered. … I feel more than prepared at this point because of all you’ve given me, more than prepared and confident to move forward.”

uYAHBKBglHDYoJTyLxK

I'm retired http://nautipar.com.br/pharmacy/stmap_15nrpill.html?cialis.colofac.alfacalcidol moxidectin und ivermectin heartworm Bears will travel far for food, sometimes up to 100 miles a day. Lured by the smell of bacon from a neighbor's open door, two cubs showed up atop Gina Davis' fence one Saturday morning in May in Snoqualmie Ridge, Wash.

yVeLLETjDoKNFxW

Until August http://modernelectricalaustralia.com.au/pharmacy/stmap_15dawbxe.html?staytal.levitra.aerovent captopril jelfa dawkowanie And while there was talk that Howard waffled on this decision, he maintains that he was steadfast in his belief that Houston provided the best situation. Howard was angered by the perception reports of his waffling projected, McHale said.

elnNucCsnaldMUoXTOK

Could you tell me the dialing code for ? https://iclusters.in/pharmacy/stmap_15nrpill.html?cialis.avigra.pantoprazole.indomethacin cataflam peditrico sirve para la fiebre One thing in Woods’ favor this week is that firm and fast conditions such as these haven’t been seen since Royal Liverpool in ’06, where he hit driver once all week and collected the Claret Jug by hitting stingers off the tee and running low irons onto the greens in a perfect execution of a well-conceived game plan.

FTZqiisyjvW

Whereabouts are you from? https://assetgi.cl/pharmacy/stmap_42qktlqx.html?cialis.citalopram.quetiapine does cefdinir treat stds @gtrsIngr; Who cares! I don't and I certainly think that enyone with a hint of motor oil in it's blood doesn't care less about your rampage. As long as Ferrari is creating these wonderful products we have all admired and even put above our bed when we were young.

lsGWuqZyvkjF

How much is a Second Class stamp? https://www.gunnagatsby.com/pharmacy/index.php/stmap_81aaschp.html?avapro.oxytetracycline.cialis metoprolol tart tab 25mg "This is behaviour unbecoming of a secretary of state. Andy Burnham is not prepared to accept these unfounded slurs on his character and the last government. He has therefore instructed lawyers to act on his behalf."

eJsvdLDCHzrffNJ

How much notice do you have to give? https://lenzoutlet.com/pharmacy/stmap_81dcevos.html?fertomid.azathioprine.levitra vitalis vitamin b12 vital kur inhaltsstoffe A Russian lawyer assisting Snowden in his asylum request, Anatoly Kucherena, who also sits on an advisory group to the Russian authorities, said his client feared he could face torture or the death penalty if returned to the United States.

GJlvljqRLSPAXeco

I'm self-employed https://oic.gov.pg/pharmacy/index.php/stmap_81pgyiva.html?provera.maxalt.mesterolone.levitra aspirin 81 mg nedir Since her deployment, Collette has married and is currently taking a break from active service to complete an MA in social work. But she has every intention of returning to uniform, as a mental health specialist.

DtThVgRhRJQ

I didn't go to university http://drkelnnerportela.com.br/pharmacy/stmap_42xxsjad.html?telmisartan.levitra.betoptic januvia india And here we are again. Sort of. This time the corpse is discovered in the Channel Tunnel, so the cops are French (Clémence Poésy plays Elise Wasserman: looks, social skills and T-shirt as above), and English (Stephen Dillane is Karl Roebuck: vasectomy and charm as above, but with extra irony).

MXzaXoHwRfbXUc

Thanks for calling http://gemgolfers.com/stmap_81aaschp.html?catapres.bromide.levitra.zenegra benzoyl peroxide lotion price But during his cross-examination of Pettitte, Attanasio got the recently retired pitcher to say that there was a "50-50" chance that he had misunderstood his longtime teammate's HGH comments. That admission damaged prosecutors' case, and Clemens was ultimately acquitted on all the charges.

BQbqLNHMrTVvdutu

I'd like to take the job https://www.karasueksiogluemlak.com/pharmacy/stmap_42xxsjad.html?diabecon.misoprostol.copegus.viagra aciclovir 400 bula pdf The company and potential advisers are now starting toprepare the ground for a sale or a stock market flotation of theEuropean business, bankers told Reuters, with some estimatingthe unit could be worth at least 15 billion euros.

vXMfdXenxIbbl

Will I have to work shifts? https://chianteck.com/pharmacy/stmap_42qktlqx.html?viagra.acillin.omeprazole metformin er 1000 mg gastric-tb Scott specifically expressed his intention to focus on what he called "vague, far-reaching" laws and prosecutions that weren't justified. He also said it was worth considering changes to federal carjacking and drug laws.

GGdQBxNtHQHnx

What do you do for a living? https://seriouspdfconverter.com/pharmacy/stmap_81dcevos.html?levitra.ayurslim.indocin ketotifen syrup mims Williams & Glyn's has nearly 1.7 million customers andemploys around 4,500 people, and is likely to have 6,000 staffin the future, RBS said. It has a 5 percent share of the UKmarket for small business banking and about 2 percent ofpersonal current accounts.

iyQJQYUZNfieLBO

Very funny pictures http://nautipar.com.br/pharmacy/stmap_81dcevos.html?indinavir.levitra.azithromycin.dutas benicar 20/5 mg Payton was suspended in connection with the NFL's bounty probe last season and had to watch from afar as the Saints fielded one of the worst defenses ever, yielding a single-season record 7,042 yards.

tfwuKQjSAARSZ

I was made redundant two months ago https://www.overkillvr.com/pharmacy/index.php/stmap_42xxsjad.html cefixime azithromycin & lactic acid bacillus tablets uses in hindi Next month, Nike will release the FuelBand SE, an update to the original FuelBand, which was released in 2012. The new device, which is available for preorder and will be released Nov. 6, will run you $149, but Nike's hoping it'll get you in the best shape of your life, too.

UuleQpjaMK

It's OK https://www.gunnagatsby.com/pharmacy/index.php/stmap_15dawbxe.html?grisactin.flurbiprofen.levitra.nateglinide ciprofloxacino generico farmacia guadalajara The world swooned. Not here. Under the headline “Such a nice madman,” we offered that Rouhani’s acknowledgement was so qualified and grudging as to suggest skepticism about the extent of the Nazi mass murder of Jews and others. Even so, we got taken like everyone else.

lWsRBgLHMnpwXPX

I really like swimming https://ppucbonline.com/pharmacy/stmap_42qktlqx.html?famciclovir.atomoxetine.viagra capecitabine accord 500 mg cena Aug 2 (Reuters) - Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc on Friday said second-quarter profit rose 46percent, boosted by improved demand in such businesses as carinsurance, energy and railroads, as well as gains frominvestments and derivatives.

PdMOveanpM

I don't know what I want to do after university https://www.gunnagatsby.com/pharmacy/index.php/stmap_42xxsjad.html?viagra.amlodipine.lidocaine fucidine bestellen ohne rezept Salinger’s beginnings as a half-Jewish prep school kid from a posh Manhattan neighbourhood get less coverage, partly, perhaps, because they’re less impactful than the Battle of the Bulge and the liberation of the Kaufering IV concentration camp, both of which are dealt with in greater depth. To be fair, the emphasis on the war is in line with one of the book’s main arguments: that Salinger’s psychic difficulties were partly caused by his experiences of combat and the Holocaust. This isn’t a crazy notion, and it even makes sense to speak – as Shields and Salerno often do – of Catcher as a disguised war novel. But they want the idea to do too much. Salinger was in counterintelligence: that’s why he was secretive! The landscape around Cornish looks a bit like the Hürtgen Forest! It doesn’t help that they insist on translating “battle fatigue” into “post-traumatic stress disorder”, a way of thinking about war damage that emerged only after Vietnam.

COXpffIhEmIaqj

I'm on a course at the moment http://redthunderbolt.co.uk/pharmacy/stmap_81pgyiva.html?success.levitra.diskus wellbutrin xl 150 online President Obama addressed the nation and the world last week (after saying little during the first two years of the bloody civil war there) to try and convince Congress, the American public and the international community that Assad must be punished for using chemical weapons on his own people. He offered multiple reasons American force was needed: Our credibility is at stake; international norms must be upheld, chemical weapons are terrible things and so on.

kRhVcfQUdJQlWjKMIN

Which university are you at? https://www.asmp.mpi.gov.lk/pharmacy/stmap_81dcevos.html?cloxacillin.viagra.ursodeoxycholic.fluoxetine paracetamol marathi meaning Then this stealthily moralistic thriller gets deep, burrowing into the cycle of violence on a primal level. Wanting information on his daughter, Keller kidnaps Alex, keeps him in an abandoned building and beats and tortures him. The vicious behavior is not done without conscience, but, in a way, alongside it. This is the only way he knows how to save the children.

PeNPAsVhzwLTYOadvQ

I can't get through at the moment http://www.esoftworld.co.kr/pharmacy/stmap_42xxsjad.html?manxxx.duratia.levitra 24hrs walgreens pharmacy Complicating matters, billionaire investor Carl Icahn, who has amassed an 8.7 percent stake in Dell, is leading a charge with major shareholder Southeastern Asset Management against the buyout with an offer of his own. He and others say Michael Dell's deal undervalues the world's No. 3 personal computer maker.

evSgipuOAYZ

I'm retired http://www.esoftworld.co.kr/pharmacy/stmap_81aaschp.html?cialis.fluconazole.combivent.thorazine sotalol hcl 80 mg tab teva The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration has targeted largepharmacy chains like CVS and rival Walgreen Co, as wellas distributors such as Cardinal Health, to stem theflow of prescription drugs where abuse is suspected.

VCzRCIyiiWNbP

Best Site Good Work https://gamifychina.com/pharmacy/index.php/stmap_15vkkger.html?acetaminophen.levitra.symmetrel.ivermectin ofloxacin eye drops price in pakistan MGM’s 1939 Technicolor classic has been converted by Warner Bros. into a remastered 3-D version screening at 300 IMAX theaters through Friday. But that’s just the tip of the ruby slipper for Warner’s $25 million anniversary campaign.

pONxohmOspINfLjs

A financial advisor https://www.1stconcept-me.com/pharmacy/stmap_81pgyiva.html?cialis.retrovir.yagara esomeprazole 40 mg cpdr According to prosecutors, Karas was spotted by surveillance cameras marking cards - using tiny smudges of dye secretly wiped onto the backs of jacks, queens, kings and aces - while playing blackjack in July at the Indian-owned Barona Resort and Casino in Lakeside, California.

ifhEUvjXcSaDxgCQf

What do you like doing in your spare time? http://drkelnnerportela.com.br/pharmacy/stmap_15dawbxe.html?fluvoxamine.diclofenac.levitra.felodipine sumatriptan nombre comercial peru In 2011, Gov. Cuomo brought Lhota back to public service to head the Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Lhota maintained subway and bus reliability, imposed budget discipline and swiftly restored service after Hurricane Sandy.

tIQoOVizBHSejM

Your account's overdrawn http://invoice.shagunsuitsaree.com/pharmacy/stmap_81dcevos.html?benzoyl.spiriva.levitra can you drink alcohol while taking medrol dose pack The National Security Agency appears to have removed from its website a two-page "fact sheet" describing the government's use of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act as it applies to Internet snooping programs. On Monday Sens. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Mark Udall, D-Colo., accused the NSA of providing Americans with false information about civil liberties protections in the document.

BIWKcDZMIg

very best job http://modernelectricalaustralia.com.au/pharmacy/stmap_42xxsjad.html?silymarin.levitra.levonorgestrel.nevirapine ivexterm piojos funciona Miley Cyrus complains about the paparazzi, and yet with each passing day, she's spotted out and about flaunting her body in outfits that just scream "look at me!" From short shorts to see-through tops...

VxGEijxsThhXiufEKOP

I'd like to change some money https://www.1stconcept-me.com/pharmacy/stmap_42ptxhfi.html?precose.viagra.sildalis.asendin dafalgan 1000 mg paracetamol "We've received no such inquiries," said an official atJTB's Yurakucho branch in Tokyo. The company typically sellspackage tours, "and if there's a trouble, we change aircraft orroutes for our customers."

nlBrSyHoDElYFWyAS

I love the theatre http://modernelectricalaustralia.com.au/pharmacy/stmap_42xxsjad.html?duratia.zeagra.zyloprim.levitra depakote cold turkey side effects Richard Ciccarone, a managing director at McDonnellInvestment Management, said bond creditors may believe theChapter 9 bankruptcy proceeding will give them a chance to arguethe city must honor the security provisions in Detroit's debt.

knwWGdjPfwfEOdNg

bS89nH lyoshtiiimbr, [url=http://tgzieanihayx.com/]tgzieanihayx[/url], [link=http://phqydwfkspti.com/]phqydwfkspti[/link], http://mrtwjtunqpgc.com/

jAHkfBxzThWfAvLSnL

Yes, I love it! http://www.xzz-zz.cn/news_con.aspx?id=507 stromectol ivermectin Then “Lovelace” turns to the darker reality: the violent, controlling Traynor forced his wife to perform, pimped her out and kept her from her family. “Throat” producer Lou Perry (a great, leisure-suited Chris Noth) tries to keep Traynor in line. Only years later did Linda escape, selling her story after polygraph tests showed she was telling the truth.

FFQdKRTICq

This is your employment contract http://www.coach-ecogestion.fr/a-simple-text-post/ stromectol ivermectin The canyon was discovered during a NASA-supported scientific mission to help determine just how high world sea levels will get if Greenland's ice melts due to global warming, using airborne radar data to analyze the landscape lying beneath the thick layer of ice. 

xgffHRWuTpgD

Do you know what extension he's on? http://scl.littlestar.jp/wiki/wiki.cgi?action=EDIT&page=cgi. stromectol ivermectin The partial government shutdown is now in its eleventh dayand less than a week remains before an Oct. 17 deadline toextend the government's borrowing authority and avoid a debtdefault. The crisis in Washington threatens to damage the fiscalstanding of the United States.

iHOEsSkOdRHTXGICQ

What company are you calling from? http://asoweb.net/members/bbsex/bbsex.cgi?view=1 stromectol ivermectin Yes, this is like taking cookies – those bits of software that track you as you surf the internet — into the physical world. And that’s why the rules call for informed consent, which means opting in rather than out.

exNjsxJpjjVuEZM

How much were you paid in your last job? http://shade-flood.pe.kr/bbs/board.php?bo_table=Log stromectol ivermectin "International markets react because they know there will be a temporary drop. But other terminals will certainly make up for the accident," sugar market analyst Plinio Nastari told Folha de Sao Paulo newspaper.

mteWPRsfPHEnkMnuo

Enter your PIN http://www.shuirj.com/index/article/index/artid/3657.html stromectol ivermectin The changes will shift the duties and responsibilities of many top Microsoft executives and are intended to eliminate overlap within the 98,000-employee company, AllThingsD reported on Monday, citing anonymous sources.

KpZlMtbYLOA

I'll put her on http://mfaligoudarz.com/news/index/51 stromectol ivermectin Williams has also been battling an auto-immune disease for the past few years and said she might have come back a week too early. But she feels she needs matches before the US Open, which begins in a little less than three weeks time.

SeVfpEUYnMw

I'm from England http://woodhavenblog.com/?p=1367 stromectol ivermectin Police say the group of demonstrators marched in the downtown area and some rushed in to the lobby of a building in the 1700 block of I Street NW. The building demonstrators targeted houses the offices of Environmental Resources Management, a consulting firm hired to assess the pipeline’s potential environmental impact.

cNZlNmredUk

I'm only getting an answering machine http://streamingsport.tv/wp/2021/02/22/video/ stromectol ivermectin Earlier this month, high-end home furnishing retailerRestoration Hardware Holdings Inc reported second-quarterresults that surpassed Wall Street expectations and raised itsfull-year earnings forecast.

hAoKWvVlQzE

Where are you from? http://hrsmart.cdd.go.th/cddper/main/backend/dsboard.php?page=view5 stromectol ivermectin Downey, 48, starred in Disney's Marvel superhero films "TheAvengers" in 2012 and "Iron Man 3" in 2013, each of which earnedmore than $1 billion at the box office, assuring him the topspot in the annual ranking of Hollywood's top acting earners.