Lone actors experiencing mental health issues
Lone actors experiencing mental health issues

Summary/Abstract: Mental health is a concept that includes all the psycho-sociological aspects of an individual's life so that one manifests itself in a desirable way during its existence. It includes the ability to form and maintain healthy relationships, to study and make decisions about educational, professional, or personal issues. If an individual's mental health is impaired, the abilities above mentioned are severely diminished and have a negative impact at individual and societal level.In the context of mental health problems of individuals displaying signs of radicalization or involved in violent extremism, the issue becomes of interest if we are to consider the emerging number of lone actors experiencing mental health issues across Europe and the significant number of youth and children returnees and refugees that due to the severe trauma exposure are more prone to develop cognitive impairment, post traumatic disorders and mental health issues. Therefore, this paper aims to map the existing knowledge in the literature regarding the link between mental health disorders and the involvement in lone actor terrorism.

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