trial day 31: the defense continues it's case in chief #87

[AnonymousD]

So - this 'doctor' is amending his report as he's reading aloud from the DSM-IV? Uch!

Klassy.

 

[josie1986]

Oh, boohoo, we are hearing how tough her life is now. She can't sleep in jail. ARE YOU KIDDING ME? I was really just scoffing at this guy benignly at first, but I am starting to get POed.

she'll have plenty of time to sleep when she is 6ft under

 

[A_News_Junkie]

I am a sound sleeper. You put me in jail, I am probably never sleeping again.

I hope Juan asks that and if just being in jail would not cause PTSD.

This is so silly, IMHO it is causing me PTSD.

 

[BunnyHop]

She's suicidal? Oh Really???????????
The razor nick stung, so she couldn't do it, poor dear.
I wish she would. Just saying. :twocents:

 

[Donnareit]

Exactly!

And 99.9% of them convicted and in prison claim they didn't do it.

 

[josie1986]

did i just hear him say "oh i have to be careful what i say about that" kinda under his breath???????

 

[jojomonkey]

Is it just me or has anyone else noticed that since we were yucking it up over Nurmi always "excavating his nostril" that he's been really conscious of not doing it now? Every once in a while I'd see that finger creeping into his nose and him suddenly stop doing it when he was totally unconscious about it before and digging for gold in there all the time.
:floorlaugh:

He must be rewatching the testimony later in the day, can you imagine his thoughts?

"Wow, did i really do that? I'm disgusting!"

 

[StephanieHartPI]

They don't care about your scales...This is why some experts are just bad.

Travis life is not summed up on a TEST Jodi took. This disgusts me

 

[Midnight Meddler]

Did anyone catch Willmott or this clown of an "expert", say GOAL at this mornings testimony. It was when they were arguing what exhibits should be coming in. Before the jury came in. JA's entire testibologny was based on this experts upcoming testimony. They have made a mockery out of the court process and justice. It's appalling.

Yes I heard that this morning too!

I agree with you that she has based her third story on this guys theatrical performance. Remember her saying how her arms 'felt heavy' when she lied about Travis chocking her. LOL! It is appalling but, it's soooo see through it's comical. I feel confident the jurors also see this. Especially after 'getting to know the real her' for the last 18 days! NO WORRIES!

 

[Horace Finklestein]

I picture his "computer" as a commodore 64 or the like.

 

[Observer in AZ]

Oh yeah he's same Doc as link did you hear the accent in Bar Graph...

Anyone get those document links to JM?

 

[Arishia]

Is it just me, or does this guy have some odd boundaries? The way he is carrying himself in court is as if he's chatting with friends at a dinner meeting.

 

[Paintr]

I feel as if this man is reading off a recipe for muffins to us from that book.

A recipe for 'horse muffins'.

 

[JusticeJunkie]

Since when is scoring a test a second opinion?

 

[legallee]

That just sounded like a Monty Python skit:

D4?

No, D5. Wait...oh I see, maybe it was D3.

No, I meant D4.

Oh yeah, D4. So, in D5.

Are we talking about D4 or D5?

Maybe we're talking about D3.

(Not an actual transcript, just over-exaggerated for effect.)

sounds like most of Jodi's testimony!

 

[Litig8r]

she is making wedding plans for herself and the good doctor

She's writing "Mrs. Jodi Samuels" over and over...

 

[Curious Me]

Jodi has to hold back tears. She has PTSD, ya know.

The person who causes the trauma - that would be JODI.

 

[wenwe4]

Talked about PTSD . . . . criteria for it . . fairly specific . . . .read from the DSM-IV . . . . entered exhibit #528

(lost signal for a few minutes)

specific to Jodi . . . refer to report #525 exhibit # . ..

what he has learned about JA and compare to criteria in DSM . . .. multiple sources - more than just what she told him an based upon testing he did. . .
first criteria relates to JA

A. 1) person experienced witness threatened death or significant integrity of self or others . . . she was nvolved in a homicide - initiator of such event ie;LEO and soldiers have PTSD

intense fear, helplessness and/or horror . . . her defense mechanisms built up so strongly . . . psych theory why intrderstry and she was not there @ all . ..intense form of denial they can't deal with the fact of something she so stood for in her life . .. she is essentially a pacificist not a negative word . . . going back to Jr. HIgh . . . not a violent thought writings go backto when she was a teenager...when a person engages in acts opposite of what they stand for . . . it can create a psychological wall of what happened either denial or make up story opposite of what happened to distance self from the truth . . . . she could not deal with the fact she had done it. ..it took Mr. Nurmi and I a couple of visits to break that down . . . therapeutic breakthrough for JA


hallucinations or disasociations . . .. intrusive thoughts popping into her mind hard to shut down met criteria for C-3 . . . .she doesn't have those memories . . . acute stress condition she was in precluded fromrecall . . . won't probably come back some amnesia remain permanent . . .

various parts of the relationship of TA . . . intrusive thoughts unable to shut don

C-3 in able to recall sequence of events

C-6 flattened and blunted affect - unable to express highs and lows . . . . a person's emotional range becomes very constricted person comes across as being emotionless .. . .. how they express themselves . . . we always make a comment about their mental affect and their mood . . . part of the mini-mental status

C-6 and D3 . . . difficult concentrating

also D4- hypervigilence - she used to be a very sound sleeper in her diaries with contact between tA and her . . she is unable to sleep in her cell . . .. could account for loud jail . . . jails are noisy . . . awakened from noise n the jail . . last over time . . .she didn't get verthe adjustment period of first couple of nights . . .
should have listed #D4 as part of criteria

exaggerated startle response - I didn't see it that muh

Creiteria A both

B - 1 or more
C - 3 or more of 7

Feeling of detachment of estrangement from others - not able to connect that well not able to recount stories made up in the beginning . . .

marking on his copy not the exhibit

test bolster . . . .

excuse me . . . . also . . .she meets criteria C7 - short future - talks about suicidal risk . . . we talked always a suicidal risk - have to be careful

scales on PTSD test - what do they confirm what you told us?


test asks for certain symptoms or items they identify with they circle . . . I add them up met all 5 criteria . . .therefore meeting all diagosic criteria for PTSD . . . and severity for the individual . . .. she indicated what they were

on the Milan . . .2 highteset scales PTsd an anxiety scales . . . .

the test generates an output to the computer . . . it is a bar graph .. . . a scores for paranoia, schizophrenia . . . anxiety I one called . . . PTSD scale.

further confirmed PTSD

talkd about whether person who causes trauma . . . criteria A1 . . . person caused trauma .. . recent research shows PTSD in persons to perpetrate crime . . . . prepared a power point to help explain

 

[Magoo72]

' hypervigilence' ---"she has trouble sleeping at night in her jail cell....."


OMFG----maybe it's because she is awaiting DEATH ROW. Could that be why she can't sleep at night?

Or maybe the fact that she BRUTALLY MURDERED someone she 'loved'! :twocents:

 

[katiedid2]

Ughhh miss arias looks bored detached! No one to fight with makes for a boring day! I'm sure he jury is laughing Nader their breath no way are they buying this.