Mentally ill: Many QAnon followers report having mental health diagnoses

"As a social psychologist, I normally study terrorists. During research for "Pastels and Pedophiles: Inside the Mind of QAnon," a forthcoming book I co-authored with security scholar Mia Bloom, I noticed that QAnon followers are different from the radicals I usually study in one key way: They are far more likely to have serious mental illnesses.

Significant conditions

I found that many QAnon followers revealed – in their own words on social media or in interviews – a wide range of mental health diagnoses, including bipolar disorder, depression, anxiety and addiction."