Mark Follman

I'll take a step back for a minute and just sort of explain what the paradigm of behavioral threat assessment is, because I think that context is important to this question too. So this is a community-based prevention method, violence prevention method that brings together collaborative expertise in mental health, in law enforcement, education, HR professionals in a workplace.

I'll take a step back for a minute and just sort of explain what the paradigm of behavioral threat assessment is, because I think that context is important to this question too. So this is a community-based prevention method, violence prevention method that brings together collaborative expertise in mental health, in law enforcement, education, HR professionals in a workplace.

You have teams in different settings who do this work. And essentially, you're talking about a handful of people who come together around a table or in communication on a daily, weekly basis to talk about cases of concern. Somebody is making people nervous, upset, worried. We're worried this high school kid's going to do a school shooting. Why?

You have teams in different settings who do this work. And essentially, you're talking about a handful of people who come together around a table or in communication on a daily, weekly basis to talk about cases of concern. Somebody is making people nervous, upset, worried. We're worried this high school kid's going to do a school shooting. Why?

You have teams in different settings who do this work. And essentially, you're talking about a handful of people who come together around a table or in communication on a daily, weekly basis to talk about cases of concern. Somebody is making people nervous, upset, worried. We're worried this high school kid's going to do a school shooting. Why?

They're looking at the information about that and they're collecting more information. And then they're coming together and saying, what do we know about this situation?

They're looking at the information about that and they're collecting more information. And then they're coming together and saying, what do we know about this situation?

They're looking at the information about that and they're collecting more information. And then they're coming together and saying, what do we know about this situation?

What can we do to step in and intervene and try to help this person, steer them away from violent thinking if that's what's going on, make sure they don't have access to a gun if we're worried that's what they're going to do, and so on and so forth. And there are a lot of different aspects to that.

What can we do to step in and intervene and try to help this person, steer them away from violent thinking if that's what's going on, make sure they don't have access to a gun if we're worried that's what they're going to do, and so on and so forth. And there are a lot of different aspects to that.

What can we do to step in and intervene and try to help this person, steer them away from violent thinking if that's what's going on, make sure they don't have access to a gun if we're worried that's what they're going to do, and so on and so forth. And there are a lot of different aspects to that.

So part of that process is evaluating what's going on with them personality-wise, health-wise, circumstantially. If they're getting mental health treatment or need it, those things can be evaluated. There are cases where you have a level of narcissism that's very unhealthy. Elliot Rodger was one of them.

So part of that process is evaluating what's going on with them personality-wise, health-wise, circumstantially. If they're getting mental health treatment or need it, those things can be evaluated. There are cases where you have a level of narcissism that's very unhealthy. Elliot Rodger was one of them.

So part of that process is evaluating what's going on with them personality-wise, health-wise, circumstantially. If they're getting mental health treatment or need it, those things can be evaluated. There are cases where you have a level of narcissism that's very unhealthy. Elliot Rodger was one of them.

His perception of himself and the way that he felt the world saw him was a very important driving factor in what he did. He was convinced that nobody cared about him, even his own family at the end, which was really nothing could be further from the truth. As I came to learn in depth with getting to know his mother and her story, he had a lot of people caring for him, trying to help him.

His perception of himself and the way that he felt the world saw him was a very important driving factor in what he did. He was convinced that nobody cared about him, even his own family at the end, which was really nothing could be further from the truth. As I came to learn in depth with getting to know his mother and her story, he had a lot of people caring for him, trying to help him.

His perception of himself and the way that he felt the world saw him was a very important driving factor in what he did. He was convinced that nobody cared about him, even his own family at the end, which was really nothing could be further from the truth. As I came to learn in depth with getting to know his mother and her story, he had a lot of people caring for him, trying to help him.

But his perception of it was very different. And narcissism can play into that. He felt very entitled to things that he felt he couldn't have, including intimacy, sexual relationship with women. That's a case where that mattered. And there are other cases like that, and it manifests in different ways.

But his perception of it was very different. And narcissism can play into that. He felt very entitled to things that he felt he couldn't have, including intimacy, sexual relationship with women. That's a case where that mattered. And there are other cases like that, and it manifests in different ways.

But his perception of it was very different. And narcissism can play into that. He felt very entitled to things that he felt he couldn't have, including intimacy, sexual relationship with women. That's a case where that mattered. And there are other cases like that, and it manifests in different ways.