Mock Trial
My profession is a Forensic Psychiatrist, evaluating various individual’s competency for trail, mental state opinions, expert witness, and sentencing recommendations
I characterized the patients I assess as individuals who have committed acts of violence. I treat and counsel those who behave in an violent manner while possibly suffering varied forms of mental illnesses or disabilities.
I have gained many years of experience in the department of Forensic Psychiatry. I am currently an associate of the Canadian Institute of Forensic Psychiatry. Also I am an author of a widely used textbook in various medical schools around the world.
I agree to some extend that the accused, Michael Hudson does not suffer from epilepsy, psychosis, or mental disabilities. I agree that Mr. Hudson’s sleep patterns are unusual, but due to the fact which Dr. J. Tyrone stated in his reports; Mr. Hudson’s sleep is fragmented by brief repeated awakenings, which suggest at some point of the attempted murder, Mr. Hudson should have awoken and was conscious of his actions during the crime. Furthermore, the fact that Mr. Hudson was suffering from extreme stress and exhaustion, he may have contributed to the death and harm of Mr. & Mrs. Willis resulting in negligent homicide.
After my assessment with Mr. Hudson, I have concluded that Michael Hudson was indeed not sleepwalking and was conscious during the criminal act. The most probable explanation for Mr. Hudson’s actions was that he was in a hysterical dissociative state. Sleepwalking is a form of hysterical dissociation. During this hysterical dissociation, a coexisting, conscious personality may have been overwhelmed by emotions due to extreme stress, as stated before. This therefore, changed the mental processes occurring in Mr. Hudson’s brain. An individual within this state may later suffer from hysterical amnesia, where one does actions they do not recall doing. Mr Hudson is not crazy or unconscious, but within a
I characterized the patients I assess as individuals who have committed acts of violence. I treat and counsel those who behave in an violent manner while possibly suffering varied forms of mental illnesses or disabilities.
I have gained many years of experience in the department of Forensic Psychiatry. I am currently an associate of the Canadian Institute of Forensic Psychiatry. Also I am an author of a widely used textbook in various medical schools around the world.
I agree to some extend that the accused, Michael Hudson does not suffer from epilepsy, psychosis, or mental disabilities. I agree that Mr. Hudson’s sleep patterns are unusual, but due to the fact which Dr. J. Tyrone stated in his reports; Mr. Hudson’s sleep is fragmented by brief repeated awakenings, which suggest at some point of the attempted murder, Mr. Hudson should have awoken and was conscious of his actions during the crime. Furthermore, the fact that Mr. Hudson was suffering from extreme stress and exhaustion, he may have contributed to the death and harm of Mr. & Mrs. Willis resulting in negligent homicide.
After my assessment with Mr. Hudson, I have concluded that Michael Hudson was indeed not sleepwalking and was conscious during the criminal act. The most probable explanation for Mr. Hudson’s actions was that he was in a hysterical dissociative state. Sleepwalking is a form of hysterical dissociation. During this hysterical dissociation, a coexisting, conscious personality may have been overwhelmed by emotions due to extreme stress, as stated before. This therefore, changed the mental processes occurring in Mr. Hudson’s brain. An individual within this state may later suffer from hysterical amnesia, where one does actions they do not recall doing. Mr Hudson is not crazy or unconscious, but within a