Suicide Bombers Don't Fit Psychological Profile

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SANTA FE, N.M. -- Psychological profiling of suicide bombers will not work because they are a heterogeneous population and do not fit any diagnostic criteria for mental illness, Dr. Jamshid A. Marvasti said at the annual meeting of the American College of Forensic Psychiatry.

"There is no real psychopathology for these people. They are not mentally sick," said Dr. Marvasti, a psychiatrist in Manchester, Conn., who has recently completed a study of the psychiatric literature on suicide bombers. His findings are to be published in a book, "Psycho-Political Aspects of Suicide Bombers, Terrorism, and Martyrdom: A Critical View From 'Both Sides' in Regard to Cause and Cure" …