Eh...this witness/expert seems to be a little off himself actually. If what he is saying/portraying to the court is the honest to goodness truth and not just his 'version' of things, I am inclined to believe that he isn't all put together and didn't know. As for the other part, I would guess that if he never interviewed the mother, regardless of her mental state, the report would have to be biased towards the father. He showed up. The mother automatically looks bad for not showing up.
My biggest beef with the witness is that he seems to have fit JA into a diagnosis instead of the diagnosis fitting JA. It feels like he said 'ok, she fits this one, maybe this one, ok we will go with this one'. Instead of true diagnosis.
If she has memory loss because of the event its because of the rage masking her ability to remember, not being afraid. If I am to give credit to JA, then I would
say yes this was a traumatic event for her too. But her actions afterwards made that null and void. IMHO.
Kelly