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Originally Posted by Nhic
Why didn't the prosecution explore the possibility that JA is a psychopath and have her tested for that?
Originally Posted by Nhic
Why didn't the prosecution explore the possibility that JA is a psychopath and have her tested for that?
The MMPI, which Dr. Demarte used, is not directed to one diagnosis. It is a diagnostic exam that tests a person and helps determines what the diagnosis in. The state expert just went in open minded and tried to figure out if jodi has a disorder. She found it was borderline. She didn't say anything about finding markers for antisocial personality disorder, which is as close to psychopath or sociopath as the DSM gets.
Do you know if Dr.DeMarte could have used other tests to determine whether JA has markers for antisocial personality disorder?
Was she limited to certain tests that may not have been designed specifically to asses this disorder?
Dr. Hare's PCL-R is designed to asses psychopathy. Is that test not used forensically because the DSM-IV categories do not include psychopathy per se?
Diagnosing JA with only BPD and not ASPD seemed to leave open the possibility of mitigating JA's murderous rampage, if a juror may not understand that BPD alone does not make a remorseless killer.
Thank you in advance. Hopefully you can explain this better than I understand it, especially after just listening to the juror questions.