
Episode 242: ‘A Typical Kid’
FAQ NYC
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Is There a Delusion That Leads to Violence?
There's a pretty common story that goes untreated mental illness between the ages of 17 and 20. A friend of mine who I interviewed a long time ago, we then became friends. Isa Ibrahim was untreated in Jamaica, Queens and at 18, he accidentally killed his mom. He had told me in an interview that I did for the Daily Beast that he just was under a delusion that she had been possessed by demons.
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