Brain lesions are known to affect cognition, emotions, and behavior, and have been implicated in cases of violence, particularly when involving neural circuits responsible for impulse control, emotional regulation, and judgment. While tumors, traumatic brain injuries, vascular abnormalities, and other types of brain lesions have been associated with psychiatric and behavioral disturbances, cerebral arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) have rarely been linked to psychosis and not with homicidal…
