25 February 2009

Psychiatry: posh words about the bleedin' obvious

Joseph Clark stabbed disabled Martin Cox 13 times in the chest before leaving his body in a pool of blood in the hallway of a Torquay flat. Clark was sentenced to a minimum of 15 years in prison for murder.

What got me thinking was the following paragraph: "two psychiatric reports found Clark had an anti-social personality disorder and exhibited a 'callous unconcern' for the feelings of others and a low provocation threshold." Wonder how much that 'shrink-think' cost?

I reckon anyone could come to the conclusion Clark had a 'callous unconcern' for the feelings of others, and that he loses his rag easily. As for the anti-social personality disorder, the personality disorder bit is what the shrinks call it so that's pretty dubious. As for the anti-social bit, it's not rocket science working that one out. So why the shrink reports?

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