Psychiatrist testifies on Hinckley's personality disorders
A psychiatrist who treated John Hinckley Jr. in the 1980s and who interviewed him in recent months described the presidential assailant Tuesday as having "a sense of entitlement" and being "absorbed with himself."
During federal court testimony, Dr. Raymond Patterson also said Hinckley "dives right in" when it comes to romantic relationships with women, but has not always shown a lot of empathy toward them.
Federal prosecutors called Patterson as an expert witness in their effort to block a proposal from St. Elizabeths, the Washington mental hospital where Hinckley has undergone treatment for three decades, to increase Hinckley's periods of visitation to his mother's home in Williamsburg, Virginia, and his possible eventual release as a permanent outpatient.
In March of 1981, Hinckley shot President Ronald Reagan, his press secretary James Brady, Secret Service agent Timothy McCarthy and Washington policeman Thomas Delahanty. All four men survived, and Hinckley was found not guilty by reason of insanity.
full: http://www.cnn.com/2012/01/24/justice/hinckley-hearing/index.html
southernyankeebelle
(11,304 posts)Tansy_Gold
(17,851 posts)southernyankeebelle
(11,304 posts)Hatchling
(2,323 posts)' "dives right in" when it comes to romantic relationships with women, but has not always shown a lot of empathy toward them. "
Sounds a lot like Newt. Except for the bit about assasinating people
MedicalAdmin
(4,143 posts)That we know about. Given the shared psycological profile, one should expect similar outcomes.
3waygeek
(2,034 posts)a character assassin.
Cleita
(75,480 posts)How desperate does a woman have to be to even consider a relationship with this guy? Ewwww!