Verité;3757288 said:
We don't know this to be true. We don't know, for example, what has/will be revealed on projective tests about the level and cohesion of her psychological functioning,
ego strength, defenses in service of the ego, object relations, or the wealth of data from objective tests of personality and psychopathology, against the backdrop of
our most reliable of psychological tests, i.e. those of intellectual abilities.
At this point, we simply don't have enough data to rule out a major affective (mood) disorder, a diagnosis which can come only from those experts who have had direct contact with this defendant for the approved purpose of establishing diagnoses and recommendations (as specified by either the prosecution and/or defense, or the Court).
I'd appreciate it if you'd cite the source/data for your last statement. Thanks.
Source my statement that she's a dangerous person? I'M the source. IMHO, people who are compulsive thieves and who would murder a toddler, let alone her OWN baby, are dangerous.
Silly me, to think that! ;-):blowkiss:
How do we know she isn't psychotic? No family member, friend, or even LE has noted any hallucination or delusion. She is oriented times four. As another poster, above noted, she generates reams of text messages, and also emails and blog entries. That's not counting all the phone calls. No hallucination or delusion has been noted in any of these, by any person.
The woman is a communicatin' fool. And no one has seen any evidence of any break with reality. No delusions. No hallucinations. No evidence that she doesn't know exactly who and where she is, and exactly what her circumstances are, every minute of every day. She is, of course, a prolific liar. That doesn't make her psychotic. That makes her a liar.
Mood disorders are, of course, different than psychoses. They may involve delusions or hallucinations, from time to time, or depending on severity.
It's estimated that about 10% of the population will suffer from a mood disorder, at some time in life. Clinical depression, for instance, is thought to be nearly epidemic.
KC doesn't show the DMS s/s of Major Depressive Disorder or of Bipolar Disorder. Few depressives feel like partying hearty, or have the energy to do so. Few bipolars can maintain that calm that she can demonstrate, under so much stress.
However, if she DID have a mood disorder, we still have millions of people (30,000,000, if the 10% speculation is correct) who also suffer from a mood disorder, at some point. But, we don't have 30,000,000 baby killers. Nor are most mood disorder sufferers chronic thieves. Nor do most of them not know right from wrong, or understand the consequences of behavior.
My guess is that her psych eval shows at least two, maybe three Axis II disorders, one of which is Antisocial Personality Disorder (Sociopathic Personality Disorder).
Of course, we will see for sure, if it comes into the court. But, for now, we are here to debate and discuss opinions.
Mine, based on a lot of experience working with the population, is that she's 1) APD, 2) NPD, 3) BPD.
BTW-- You think that IQ tests are reliable? In grad school, they asked us to answer whether: 1) an IQ is a valid measurement of intellectual ability, or, 2) an IQ is a score on an IQ test. Quess which answer was RIGHT?
There's also a bit of a problem with psychometry, in general. Behavior may be a better predictor, because psych testing can be easily manipulated. We used to have fun making the scales go up and down, back in school. One doesn't even have to be that bright to throw a test-- just alert and cagey.
The tests, though, can be very helpful, if answered honestly, or if the lies fall within the "lie factor."
