Seung-Hui Cho: Difference between revisions

{{person|name=Seung-Hui Cho|occupation=student|birthday=January 18, 1984|ethnicity=Korean|iq=Around 120, estimated on the basis of his SAT scores<ref name="chomentalhealth">https://web.archive.org/web/20121017064816/http://www.roanoke.com/vtshootings/panel_report/chapter4_mentalhealth.pdf</ref>}}

Across the course of his short life, Cho had several run-ins with the mental health system, which categorically failed to assist him and interdict his violence behavior. In he was diagnosed by a psychiatrist with 'selective mutism' as well as major depressive disorder in high school at the age of 15 following the Columbine Massacre, which he openly celebrated, and prescribed the anti-depressant Paroxetine.<ref name="chomentalhealth"></ref> Despite these diagnoses, it has been suggested that Cho actually suffered from [[Asperger's syndrome]] or high-functioning autism,<ref>https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00223980.2016.1175998</ref> and a cursory glimpse at the descriptions of his behavior and his history of social maladjustment and bullying victimization also support this diagnosis. Selective mutism is also a common symptom of autism and may be associated with speech difficulties and social anxiety, both of which are often co-morbid with autism.<ref>https://www.autismparentingmagazine.com/selective-mutism-autistic/</ref>