Alethea
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Bouts of psychosis? What was her actual diagnosis, and when was she diagnosed? (I can't access the lancasteronline article.) IF she was having delusions that night, that's a game-changer for me, but did she say anything about that to LE that night? How quickly could someone having a delusion come back to reality?
From the article. It appears this came from the court-ordered psychiatrists:
Rushing and another psychiatrist, Dr. Aneela Khan, both testified that they diagnosed Claire as having major depressive disorder, anxiety and in active psychosis at the time of the killing and that the illnesses were brought about by the major trauma she had been enduring: gender dysphoria, the bullying, a friend’s attempted suicide, and the isolation brought on by the pandemic.
Rushing and Kahn both testified that Claire has been responding to treatment and her hallucinations are much better. Both gave her a good prognosis.
But on cross-examination by Assistant District Attorney Amy Muller, they said they could not say for certain what would happen in the future.