This is Hidden Killers Live with Tony Bruske, Stacey Cole and Todd Michaels.

Nick Reiner was reportedly diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder around 2020 after years of addiction and erratic behavior.

Sources say his medication was changed about a month before the murders after he complained

about weight gain, and that change reportedly sent him into a spiral.

Now from jail, he allegedly admits he killed his parents but believes his incarceration

as part of a greater conspiracy against him.

His meds still aren't stabilized in our conversation today.

We're going to be breaking all of this down with psychotherapist and author Chavon Scott.

We're going to be talking about the psychology of Nick Reiner, trying to understand the

schizoaffective disorder that's going on, maybe why he's thinking this is a conspiracy. We're also

going to dive into the family system, how the Reiner's became trapped in this cycle that they

could not escape. And we're also going to dive into the system that failed him, the treatment,

the autonomy, and why 18 rehabs did not seem to be enough to keep Nick Reiner in a safe place or those around him.

Chavon, welcome.

I always look forward to our conversations.

Let's just jump in with a schizoaffective disorder itself.

It combines features of schizophrenia, delusions,

hallucinations, disorganized thinking with mood disorder symptoms like mania and depression.

It sounds like a living hell for anyone who may have this. And it is a very real thing.

For people who aren't familiar with the diagnosis, what does daily life look like for someone trying to manage this condition?

And how does it differ from just schizophrenia alone?

It's hell for people trying to manage it.

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