Inside Nick Reiner's Mind: Psychotherapist Analyzes Schizoaffective Disorder, Medication Failure & Delusion

In our deepest psychological analysis yet, psychotherapist and author Shavaun Scott breaks down what was likely happening inside Nick Reiner's mind before, during, and after the alleged murders of Rob and Michele Reiner.

Nick was diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder around 2020—a severe condition combining schizophrenia symptoms like delusions and hallucinations with mood disorder features including mania and depression. Sources say he was stable on medication until about a month before the murders, when doctors changed his prescription after he complained about weight gain. That change reportedly sent him into a spiral his parents witnessed but couldn't stop.

Shavaun explains the clinical reality of schizoaffective disorder, why medication transitions are so dangerous for people with psychotic conditions, and how long-term meth use may have caused permanent damage even after Nick stopped using illegal drugs. We examine the psychology of someone who reportedly admits to killing his parents but believes his incarceration is a conspiracy—holding two contradictory realities simultaneously.

The TMZ documentary cited David Carmichael, who planned a killing methodically while psychotic. Could someone genuinely not understand the "nature and quality" of their actions while still being organized enough to execute a plan? Shavaun breaks down what the clinical evidence tells us.

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