He was very, very withdrawn, basically non-communicative, Dean told Judge Jennifer Forbes. He just wanted to be left alone.
Dean [ psychiatrist at the hospitals Center for Forensic Services]said she had not evaluated Gaeta, but she said he could be afflicted by a major depressive disorder with psychotic features or a psychotic disorder.
...
Gaetas attorney, Jeniece LaCross, said Gaeta had not necessarily refused to take his medications, but he wanted to have their effects and side effects explained to him.
Forbes included in the order that at his request staff would provide Gaeta with printed materials about the medications, which Gaetas mother, Tina Wright, said would help him cooperate.
Dean told Forbes that during his short stay at the hospital a staff member may have given Gaeta his medications and told him to just take them.
...
Tina Wright no relation to Jenise said Gaetas lashing out after being rousted may have been a defensive response.
Whether real or not, he feels threatened, Wright said.
...
Dean said Gaeta is treatment naïve, meaning he has had little exposure to psychotropic medications, and told Forbes that each day Gaeta would be given the chance to take antipsychotic medications voluntarily, and if he refused, injectable medications with similar properties would be given to him forcibly.
