Speculation follows. This is a fictional fantasy criminal analysis workup which is not based on any contact with a real individual. It is not to be used for legal or professional purposes. It is garbage. Do not take it seriously. Any similarity to real persons alive or deceased is purely coincidental.
This profoundly troubled 50 YO individual of Iranian origin has left a trail of havoc in his life including a dead tortured wife, possibly apparently killed by a new female companion, and a nationally disruptive hostage crisis involving bomb threats.
He currently is holding hostages and it is reasonable to try to envision how his obvious mental health problems may impact the victims of his criminal behavior.
The most worrisome factor in his current rampage is whether there are significant mood disorder elements overlaid on his severe personality disorder.
A provisional Axis II diagnosis might be Personality disorder , Mixed, Severe, with Antisocial, Narcissistic, and Histrionic traits.
Possible worsening bipolar II disorder may be placing him in an intensely dysphoric mixed state featuring both agitation and depressive feelings, the cause of which he will perceive in a distorted way as due to the "threatening and scheming" cultural milieu in which he lives.
His legal history indicates he is a classic practitioner of taking a "victim stance" as chronic criminals do, and attributing his own violent and brutal actions to being "forced" by others to act out.
If he is in an intense dyphoria due to Axis I mood dysregulation, the "I can't stand it" quality of that state may combine with his grandiose perception of his own "cause" to drive him to do even more damage than he already has, and perhaps set off a bomb or other violent act.
If, on the other hand, his actions are primarily due to his severely inflated self-evaluation (narcissism) combined with a disregard of the effects of his actions on others, there is hope that his grandiosity may protect those around him from his infantile rage.
He maybe, hopefully, be too narcissistic to kill himself.
Above is fictional, non-professional , speculative opinion. No contact with the individual has been made. The above is garbage. Any similarity to to real individuals, living or dead, is purely coincidental.
This profoundly troubled 50 YO individual of Iranian origin has left a trail of havoc in his life including a dead tortured wife, possibly apparently killed by a new female companion, and a nationally disruptive hostage crisis involving bomb threats.
He currently is holding hostages and it is reasonable to try to envision how his obvious mental health problems may impact the victims of his criminal behavior.
The most worrisome factor in his current rampage is whether there are significant mood disorder elements overlaid on his severe personality disorder.
A provisional Axis II diagnosis might be Personality disorder , Mixed, Severe, with Antisocial, Narcissistic, and Histrionic traits.
Possible worsening bipolar II disorder may be placing him in an intensely dysphoric mixed state featuring both agitation and depressive feelings, the cause of which he will perceive in a distorted way as due to the "threatening and scheming" cultural milieu in which he lives.
His legal history indicates he is a classic practitioner of taking a "victim stance" as chronic criminals do, and attributing his own violent and brutal actions to being "forced" by others to act out.
If he is in an intense dyphoria due to Axis I mood dysregulation, the "I can't stand it" quality of that state may combine with his grandiose perception of his own "cause" to drive him to do even more damage than he already has, and perhaps set off a bomb or other violent act.
If, on the other hand, his actions are primarily due to his severely inflated self-evaluation (narcissism) combined with a disregard of the effects of his actions on others, there is hope that his grandiosity may protect those around him from his infantile rage.
He maybe, hopefully, be too narcissistic to kill himself.
Above is fictional, non-professional , speculative opinion. No contact with the individual has been made. The above is garbage. Any similarity to to real individuals, living or dead, is purely coincidental.