A number of historical figures, including Eamon de Valera, WB Yeats and American artist, Andy Warhol, had Aspergers Syndrome according to Professor Michael Fitzgerald. They all showed signs of Asperger’s syndrome, a type of autism in which the person affected...
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Mass Killers – 2 New Books – Can we identify a mass murderer (e.g. pilot, school shooter etc) in advance?
These are extremely rare events and it is almost impossible to predict with any degree of accuracy rare events. Nevertheless, we must try but at the same time realise that many of the individual features of the profile I describe about potential mass killers are not...
New Book on Psychopathy edited by Prof. Michael Fitzgerald
Psychopathy: Risk Factors, Behavioral Symptoms and Treatment Options Click to enlarge Editors: Michael Fitzgerald (Department of Psychiatry, Trinity College Dublin (TCD), Dublin, Ireland) Book Description: Psychopathy is one of the most serious and challenging...
Recent Activities
M. McDermott, M. Duffy, A. Percy, M. Fitzgerald, C. Cole (2013) “A school Based Study of Psychological Disturbance in Children Following the Omagh Bomb” Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health, 7/36 (peer reviewed) Fitzgerald. M., (2014) “Overlap Between...
Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors, Suicidality in Children and Adolescents.
There has been a major controversy in the media because of the relationship between suicidality in children and adolescents and SSRI antidepressants. The FDA (Food and Drug Administration) in America state that antidepressants increase the risk of suicidal thinking...
Suicidal Behaviour and The Male Brain
About 80% of all suicides are male. Alcohol and substance misuse is commoner in males and unemployment may be a more significant risk factor in males who complete suicide. It appears that it may be harder for males to find their role and identity in our society where...
Adult Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: The European Perspective
The prevalence of Adult Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder is between 1 and 5%. Both DSM-IV and ICD-10 criteria recognise that symptoms of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and Hyperkinetic disorder persist beyond childhood into adulthood. However...
Persons of Genius with High Functioning Autism or Asperger’s syndrome.
There are few conditions that have received as much coverage in the popular press in recent times or have been the subject of as much controversial debate as autism. Public awareness regarding the condition has grown exponentially but many healthcare professionals...
Godel, Mendel, Andersen, Archimedes, Lindburg had High Functioning Autism
Autism is very commonly associated with low functioning and Learning Disability. This is a false conception of the condition. High Functioning Autism or Asperger’s syndrome can occur in persons with very high I.Q. and indeed ability of genius proportions. The...