Jasper County Correctional Facility: A Case Study

After meeting with your client on several occasions at the Jasper County Correctional Facility, my evaluation of his mental state is as follows:
After studying my patient and looking into his past behaviors, I do not believe my patient is mentally stable. My patient has been showing signs of obsessive-compulsive disorder and bipolar 1 with psychotic features. However, I do believe that he should be able to testify for himself. Despite me believing he shows signs of a mental disorder, having the court see it for themselves might allow my patient to get the help he needs and not get sentenced to prison. In the following paragraphs I will explain his actions and the mental disorders that correlate with said actions.

To start, my patient shows signs of obsessive-compulsive disorder in his recent behavior. Prior to the murder, my patient would watch the victim for hours on end. This would happen every night for 7 days. One of the major signs of compulsive disorder is to do something repeatedly due to an obsession, according to the American Psychiatric Association. Secondly, my patient also had a recurrent and intrusive urge to kill the man at the sight of the victim’s eye. This is a symptom of the obsessive part if O.C.D. Finally, my patient’s obsession with the perfect murder of the victim was extremely time consuming. My patient does not meet some of the other requirements for

Both of these qualities, as well as many others, lead me to believe that my patient has bipolar 1 with psychiatric qualities. He has also been extremely active in his goal to murder the man. This activity is also is highly dangerous if caught. These symptoms are the final pieces of evidence that prove my point that he has bipolar 1 with psychiatric qualities. All of my symptoms for bipolar 1 came directly from the American Psychiatric