A forensic psychiatrist believes that science may one day be able to control serial killers.
Dr. Helen Morrison, who has worked on over 130 serial killer cases, told HLN that someday electrodes may be placed in the brains of serial killers in order to map them for abnormalities. Morrison bases her suggestions on a research project which alleviated symptoms of “very depressed” subjects by placing electrodes in their brains.
Morrison also noted that current laws prevent the placing of electrodes into the brains of convicted killers.
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One notable forensic psychiatrist believes that, in the future, doctors will be able to diagnose potential serial killers and possibly even control their urge to kill.
“Control, the way we control diabetes, the way we control depression, the way we control other illnesses,” says psychiatrist Dr. Helen Morrison, who is based in Chicago, Illinois. “Just like the way we have less chicken pox now — like diseases we are able to manage, not cure.”
It’s a brave new world, one that faces a lot of scientific and legal obstacles, but Morrison believes what makes a person a serial killer is “95 percent in the brain,” and that science will find the answer one day, even if it takes decades. Morrison (who is pictured to the left) says a key to this could be implanting electrodes into the brains of serial killers to map any abnormalities.
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Serial killers: Can science control them? (Graham Winch, HLN: August 15, 2013)
