A CASE OF SPREE SERIAL MURDER WITH SUGGESTED DIAGNOSTIC OPINIONS

The relationship between a severe variant of narcissistic personality disorder (namely malignant narcissism) and the motivation to murder is presented in the case of a British spree serial kilter. The case illu strates the development of this form of psychopathology and its associ ation with the underlying inner narrative generated in the murderer's mind. The relationship between the pathology of narcissism, psychopath ic disorder, dissociation and the phenomena of serial murder is analyz ed. The present case is considered with reference to Hickey's Trauma C ontrol Model of serial murder (1991).