VIDEO: Extremists typically do not seek help on their own

NEW ORLEANS – Family member involvement or previous diagnoses of depression or obsessive-compulsive disorder is most likely how extremists and conspiracy theorists end up in psychiatric care, Jack S. Rozel, MD, said.

“Someone isn’t going to walk in and want to talk about their racist beliefs or antisemitic ideology,” Healio/Psychiatry Peer Perspective Board member Rozel said at the American Psychiatric Association annual meeting. “More likely than not, they’re already coming in for depression or OCD and, incidentally, you will see their extremist belief systems.”