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Golden Gates Estates home on 9th December 2010. Alexander’s defense attorney, Brian
Bieber claims that the child is suffering from an unknown form of mental illness.
Alexander’s bail was set at $1 million but if his attorney’s claim is true Alexander’s bail
will be reduced or else he might face 30 years in prison. What was the motivation behind
Alexander killing his parents Thomas Crain, 40, and Kelly Crain, 39 is something
everyone wants to know. Many psychologists have been put to work to analyze
Alexander’s mental state and whether he is suffering from any kind of mental disease.
Conclusions bring out shocking amounts and Beiber states that the child suffered some
form of mental illness before the killing. Alexander’s remaining family supports him and
would like to be at his side all the time. They also agree with Beiber on the issue that
Alexander might be mentally ill and suffering from post traumatic stress syndrome.
However a few theories might shed some light on the case. Two of the psychologists
have commented on Alexander’s case and say that it could be several kinds of mental
drug abuse. The psychologists also evaluate that such hatred that led to him killing his
parents did not happen in a day but must have been the result of a series of events that
triggered his behavior and made him do the act of killing his own parents. Several
psychoanalysis such as the theory of the conscious and unconscious mind, we learn that a
person can hold suppressed feelings in his subconscious mind and these can collect up
and lead to severe consequences. In such cases, the person might not even be aware of
what he or she is doing because it is their unconscious mind that acts which in
Alexander’s case can be a logical theory. Similarly we can also put Freud’s view of
Thanatos (death instincts) into consideration and by this we know that self destructive
behavior exists in all human beings but when it is outwardly expressed it turns in
violence and aggression which also could be something that Alexander suffered from.
Psychologist in his case also think that Alexander could have gone through mental or
physical abuse and not spoken up at all until he could not hold it in anymore and bought
suggest other mental diseases as well that may have caused this, such as bipolar disorder
or schizophrenia. Alexander could have been going through a severe state of depression
and was not in his right mind. He might be hallucinating or having delusions which might
have caused a lot of mental trauma for him. If a psychological disorder is involved then it
could be of any sort that led to such an extreme situation. Also, if we look into William
motivated and what the purpose of it is. McDougall states that human beings have
inherited instincts which motivate them to do actions that are beyond their own
comprehension and a person’s unconscious mind would not always understand the reason
behind certain aims or goals. Nevertheless, Alexander’s reason to kill his parents could
be due to several issues and to understand these psychological theories play a very
important role. By such situations we come to know how vulnerable the human mind and
behaviorism is and we can act on certain things and not even know about it. To avoid
such situations by understanding how a human mind processes and what can be done to
not let this happen again because even the smallest problem such as depression could
bring out severe consequences. We do not know what Alexander suffers from or even if
he does but we know this that now he has no parents and might end up in prison for the
remaining of his life. It is important to understand the psychological aspect behind every
situation, without it there is no guarantee that there won’t be such cases in the future.
Works Cited:
Husty, Denes. “Mental illness possible in case of Collier County teen accused of killing
his parents.” News Press. 11 Mar 2010. Web. 28 Mar. 2010