I have always been fascinated by serial killer psychology, namely Jeffrey Dahmer. During interviews, he always seemed full of remorse, a trait almost all serial killers lack. This leads me to the question: do you think Dahmer was just evil, or psychologically ill?

I think Jeffrey Dahmer was what psychiatrists refer to as a borderpath. He was somewhere on that fine line that separates people with borderline personality disorders from sociopaths. Although he committed several horrific acts, like you, I believe he was still capable of experiencing remorse for his actions.

He came from a well-to-do, yet dysfunctional family, and really hade no clue as to what being a normal person was like. If you read his father's autobiography, he was almost as disturbed psychologically as his son was..

I think he was ill. Albeit extremely ill.

The most frightening part of his story, to me anyways, is that his parents saw his odd behavior as a child (namely the torturing of animals) and sent him to a therapist.

That scares the snot out of me. So many times I have looked to the parents and childhood environment when trying to figure out serial killers, but in this case the parents, especially the father if I remember correctly, tried to help him, fix him, cure him. From what I read, Jeffery tried not to be this way, too.

And look how all of their efforts turned out. So when parents notice psychotic and sociopathic tendencies in their children, what hope do they have?

I haven't read much about him and his diagnosis. It is rather sad that some of these aren't studied better beofre the system allows them to be murdered in prison. I would assume he may have had an alternate personality he may not have had much control over. If people such as him were treated earlier, they may not become serial killers. It may have been by some type of labotomy or even an anti-seizure drug that could have stopped this. Once we are better capable of recognizing these people early on, we may then be able to cure them long before as well.

Preventative health care and proper treatments need more priority as part of national health care.

Another similar person was Albert Fish. A movie was made about him, but, I've yet to see it or want to.
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