Fundamentalism and Terrorism
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Letter to Editor. How to understand the fundamentalism and acts of terrorism?
In the light of the known definition of mental health the fundamentalist attitude and associated acts of terrorism, sometimes in the form of suicidal attacks are not normal behaviours. Although they are complex phenomena, described by psychologists and sociologists , it seems that the essence of the causes of fundamentalist attitudes and acts of terrorism should also be discussed by psychiatris...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Terrorism Research
سال: 2015
ISSN: 2049-7040
DOI: 10.15664/jtr.1153