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[buckeye45_73]

I try to have an open mind before a trial, but this stuff is rich, just kill this guy and let everyone move on.

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[buckeye45_73]

Amnesia, really???

 

[waltky]

Could this have been the motive?...

James Holmes snapped after failing key university exam. Couldn’t live up to his brilliant father.
July 25, 2012 - It’s believed James Holmes acquired a large cache of arsenal after failing a key university exam leaving experts to now believe that he may have snapped under the pressure of failing to meet the expectations of his brilliant academic father, Robert Holmes.

So distraught was Holmes about failing the key test he dropped out of his Phd program a mere three days later having by that stage made up his mind to commit to his dastardly plan to stage a mass shooting. Unable to match his father’s high expectations of him, who holds multiple degrees from Stanford, UCLA and Berkeley and currently works as a senior scientist at FICO in San Diego, psychologists are now theorizing that the failure may have have induced a dormant type of schizophrenia to take root.

Offered Marisa Randazzo, a psychologist who studies targeted violence: ‘All of those things could actually make dormant schizophrenia come out, and come out relatively quickly.’ The failure to meet his families expectations of him can perhaps also be linked to the life and neighborhood in which James Holmes grew up in:

dailymail.co.uk: The street is filled with well-kept, two-story houses and most of the children who play sports on the street are those who grow up expecting to be sent to college. It is a close-knit community where everyone knows each other. Neighbors have said they are ‘floored’ by the accusations against Holmes, who they describe as a quiet ‘brainiac’ from a church-going family.

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Defense: Shooting suspect was seeing psychiatrist
July 28, 2012 — The former graduate student accused in the deadly Colorado movie theater shooting was being treated by a psychiatrist at the university where he studied, the first indication that he may have sought help before the rampage that killed 12 people and wounded 58.

Attorneys for James Holmes, 24, made the disclosure in a court motion Friday as they sought to discover the source of leaks to some media outlets that he sent the psychiatrist a package containing a notebook with descriptions of an attack. The motion said the leaks jeopardized Holmes' right to a fair trial and violated a judge's gag order. Holmes' lawyers added that the package contained communications between Holmes and his psychiatrist that should be shielded from public view. The document describes Holmes as a "psychiatric patient" of Dr. Lynne Fenton.

The motion did not reveal when Holmes began seeing Fenton or whether he was being treated for a mental illness. Legal analysts expect Holmes' attorneys to use an insanity defense at trial. Holmes is scheduled to be arraigned Monday. A hearing on the new defense motion also is scheduled that day. Calls to Holmes' lawyer and the state public defender's office were not immediately returned, nor was a message left with Fenton's office. A spokeswoman for the Arapahoe County prosecutor's office declined comment. The University of Colorado's website identified Fenton as the medical director of the school's Student Mental Health Services. An online resume stated that she sees 10 to 15 graduate students a week for medication and psychotherapy, as well as 5 to 10 patients in her general practice as a psychiatrist. Schizophrenia was listed as one of her research interests.

Fenton was disciplined by the Colorado Medical Board in 2004 for prescribing herself Xanax while her mother was dying, state records show. She also was disciplined for prescribing the sleep aid Ambien and the allergy medicine Claritin for her husband, and painkillers for an employee who suffered from chronic headaches. Fenton worked for the U.S. Air Force in Texas as an acupuncturist before joining the University of Colorado in 2005. A 1998 Denver Post article quotes a Colorado acupuncturist named Lynne Fenton discussing how acupuncture could be used to enhance women's busts.

In the week since the July 20 attack at an Aurora movie theater, few details have emerged about Holmes' life — especially the year he spent as a graduate student in Colorado. Holmes enrolled in a doctoral program in neuroscience at the University of Colorado-Denver Anschutz medical campus in June 2011. He left without explanation in June. University officials have refused to disclose much more about Holmes, citing an order from the judge barring them from releasing information that would "impede an ongoing investigation." Staff, professors and classmates have been mum about Holmes' life at the school.

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[waltky]

Psychiatrist of accused Colorado gunman has problems of her own...

Details emerge on psychiatrist of accused Colorado massacre gunman
July 29, 2012 - Disciplined by the Colorado Medical Board in 2004 for prescribing herself Xanax

As attorneys for the suspect in a Colorado movie theater rampage fight to find the source of media leaks about his case, more details are emerging about the psychiatrist who documents show treated him. Attorneys for 24-year-old James Holmes disclosed he was a "psychiatric patient" of Dr. Lynne Fenton in a court motion Friday, as they sought to discover the source of leaks to media outlets that he sent the psychiatrist a package containing a notebook with descriptions of an attack. The revelation is the first indication that Holmes may have sought help before the rampage that killed 12 people and wounded 58.

Records show Fenton has faced some trouble in her career. She was disciplined by the Colorado Medical Board in 2004 for prescribing herself Xanax while her mother was dying, state records show. She also was disciplined for prescribing the sleep aid Ambien and the allergy medicine Claritin for her husband, and painkillers for an employee who suffered from chronic headaches. The University of Colorado's website identified Fenton as the medical director of the school's Student Mental Health Services. An online resume stated that she sees 10 to 15 graduate students a week for medication and psychotherapy, as well as 5 to 10 patients in her general practice as a psychiatrist. Schizophrenia was listed as one of her research interests. Fenton worked for the U.S. Air Force in Texas as an acupuncturist before joining the University of Colorado in 2005.

A 1998 Denver Post article quotes a Colorado acupuncturist named Lynne Fenton discussing how acupuncture could be used to enhance women's busts. In the motion, defense attorneys seek to discover the source of leaks to the media about the package Holmes sent, which was first reported Wednesday by FoxNews.com, citing unnamed sources. Other media outlets scrambled to report the story and may have also talked to sources in position to know about the notebook. The package was seized by authorities Monday after it was discovered in a mailroom at the school's Aurora campus.

A law enforcement source told FoxNews.com that the notebook contained sketches and other details that appear to have foreshadowed the horrific attack, in which Holmes allegedly burst into a theater and shot 70 people, killing 12. "Inside the package was a notebook full of details about how he was going to kill people," the source told FoxNews.com. "There were drawings of what he was going to do in it -- drawings and illustrations of the massacre." Among the images shown in the spiral-bound notebook’s pages were gun-wielding stick figures blowing away other stick figures. The notebook is now in possession of the FBI, sources told FoxNews.com.

Read more: Details emerge on psychiatrist of accused Colorado massacre gunman | Fox News

 

[uscitizen]

He is not useing the standing his ground defense?

 

[waltky]

Uncle Ferd says she looks a bit on the crazed side herself...

What did James Holmes' psychiatrist know -- and when?
July 31, 2012 - James Holmes, the Colorado student accused of killing 12 people and wounding dozens more, was reportedly under the care of Dr. Lynne Fenton, a psychiatrist who serves as the University of Colorado mental health services director.

Dr. Fenton is also the person to whom James Holmes reportedly mailed a notebook detailing his plans to attack others. If both reports are true, it would be very unlikely that Holmes’ notebook was the first time he communicated his violent fantasies to Fenton. Having worked with thousands of mentally ill patients — some of whom have had very violent intentions and shared them with me (often resulting in my hospitalizing them, against their will) — I have never known a single one who contains all thoughts of violence while in treatment, but catalogs them in writing, then sends the written documentation through the mail. It would be such a rare and shocking event that a psychiatric journal would be more than happy to publish the clinical account.

It is much more likely that Holmes alluded to his thoughts of harming others during one or more sessions with his psychiatrist, in one or more emails to his psychiatrist or during phone conversations with his psychiatrist. Therefore, the Holmes case has the potential to become not only one of the most tragic criminal cases in America, but one of the most tragic cases of malpractice — ever. No one can know at this moment what Fenton knew and when she knew it, but that investigation is, no doubt, now under way. It will, at some point, include a review of Fenton’s progress notes and other elements of Holmes’ medical chart, a review of Fenton’s and Holmes’ email accounts, a review of any data retrievable from Fenton’s and Holmes’ text messages and a deposition of Fenton in which she is questioned directly about any violent thoughts, whether delusional or not, Holmes may have shared with her.

The reason one can have no confidence that a story like the Colorado shooting will turn out to have no “fingerprints” from psychiatry on it is that psychiatry as a profession remains far too timid about hospitalizing the violent mentally ill against their will. Certainly, no one would suggest that anyone err on the side of caution, rather than the side of civil rights (not me, certainly), but I have found it very frustrating to battle again and again with colleagues when I urge them to hospitalize — or keep hospitalized more than a day or two — patients who present a clear risk to themselves or others. Occasionally, in fact, people will confess extremely concerning thoughts in my office, some of them even in response to hallucinations, then be released from the emergency rooms where I have them taken (sometimes by police) because they “contract for safety” (meaning, faced with being placed on a locked psychiatric unit they — not surprisingly — promise not to hurt anyone).

Medical insurance companies are accomplices in this incredibly dangerous game. They often refuse to pay for inpatient hospitalization for any individual who is willing to retract a violent threat once in the emergency room, despite the fact that it was made with grave seriousness in a doctor’s office or to a family member. Again, as I have said before, the tragedy in Colorado will turn out to have nothing whatsoever to do with gun laws and everything to do with our broken mental health care system. Just watch.

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[waltky]

Doc was on the ball but Holmes quit school and left school's jurisdiction...

Report: Doctor warned of Holmes danger
Aug. 2 (UPI) -- A psychiatrist warned a University of Colorado threat assessment team the man accused of killing 12 people in Aurora might be dangerous, KMGH-TV, Denver, said.

Citing sources, the TV station reported Wednesday Dr. Lynne Fenton, who treated James Holmes this spring, contacted several members of the university's Behavioral Evaluation and Threat Assessment team almost six weeks before the July 20 massacre at a movie theater, cautioning them Holmes might pose a danger to others.

The BETA team is made up of CU staff members with expertise in assessing and dealing with potential threats on campus, the TV station said, citing the university Web site. The station's sources said university officials did not brief Aurora police about Fenton's concerns before he allegedly killed 12 people and wounded 58 others at the movie theater. "Fenton made initial phone calls about engaging the BETA team" in June, sources told KMGH-TV.

However, Holmes was in the process of dropping out of school, so the BETA team "had no control over him," the source said. A CU spokeswoman said Holmes -- who had no criminal record -- lost access to secure areas of the campus June 12. Holmes faces 142 charges, including 24 first-degree murder counts.

Read more: Report: Doctor warned of Holmes danger - UPI.com

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Aurora suspect James Holmes was referred to U-Colorado threat-assessment team, sources say
8/02/2012 - The University of Colorado Denver psychiatrist seeing accused murderer James Eagan Holmes was so alarmed by his behavior that she notified the campus-wide threat-assessment team that she helped create years before, a source told The Denver Post.

Dr. Lynne Fenton, identified in a court document as Holmes' psychiatrist, in June took her concerns to members of the campus' Behavioral Evaluation and Threat Assessment team, but no further action was taken, a source with knowledge of the process told The Post. University officials could not confirm or deny the report, citing the federal health privacy law and a judge's gag order in the case against Holmes. The information was first reported late Wednesday by Denver's KMGH-TV, 7News. The station, citing unnamed sources, reported that CU-Denver officials did not contact Aurora police before the July 20 massacre at the Century Aurora 16 theater that killed 12 people and injured 58 others. There was no mention in the report of whether CU-Denver police were notified. The Anschutz Medical Campus, where Holmes, 24, was enrolled in a doctoral program, is in Aurora. He has been charged with 24 counts of first-degree murder and 116 counts of attempted murder in the case.

Fenton, director of student mental health services on the Anschutz Medical Campus, in 2010 was involved in the creation of the campus BETA team. The team is an ad hoc group of high-level CU academic employees skilled at assessing potential threats on campus. The group does not include CU-Denver police. University Chancellor Don Elliman said Wednesday, "I believe, until it's been demonstrated otherwise, that our people did what they should have done." In April 2010, Fenton was among three people who gave a presentation about the creation of the BETA team to the Academic and Student Affairs Leadership committee. The team will be a "way to determine when student action moves from an academic concern only to a broader campus concern," according to minutes from the meeting. "One of the most difficult aspects is knowing when immediate action is required, or if there is time to convene the BETA team to discuss the issues," the minutes say. "Generally, if you believe the threat is imminent, call campus police. If you think it's best to involve the BETA team, contact Lynne Fenton," the minutes say.

Fenton no longer is a BETA team leader but remains an adviser to the program, CU officials said. CU's website says the BETA team is available whenever faculty, staff or student community members are confronted with people they believe are threatening, disruptive or otherwise problematic. The team provides guidance and consultation and may make referrals to appropriate campus or community resources. It is not a law enforcement mechanism, said CU officials in a statement released Wednesday. 7News reported Wednesday that a source said Fenton first contacted the BETA team in "the first 10 days" of June, but the team didn't meet or move the matter forward because Holmes began the process of leaving CU.

Under a federal rule followed by psychiatrists, Fenton had a duty to take action if Holmes told her of a specific plan to harm others. The revelation that Fenton was Holmes' psychiatrist came in a motion by Holmes' defense attorneys made public last week. That information has since been blacked out in the document posted on the Colorado State Judicial Branch's website. Holmes had sent a package with a notebook to Fenton before the attack, according to court papers made public last week. Fox News, citing unnamed law enforcement sources, said the package was sent several days before the attack and contained details about his murderous plan. The university has said the package was delivered on July 23 and immediately turned over to authorities.

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[waltky]

Doctors can violate confidentiality if the public safety is endangered...

James Holmes' doctor went to cops, ABC News says
8/07/2012 - A psychiatrist who treated suspected movie-theater killer James Holmes reported unspecified concerns about him to a University of Colorado police officer before the July 20 attack at the Century Aurora 16, ABC News reported Monday, citing unnamed sources.

The report followed earlier disclosures that Dr. Lynne Fenton, identified in court documents as Holmes' psychiatrist, had alerted a threat-assessment team at CU's Anschutz Medical Campus to concerns about him. The campus' Behavioral Evaluation and Threat Assessment team took no further action after Fenton reported Holmes to several of its members in June, The Denver Post reported Friday. University officials have repeatedly refused to answer questions about Holmes, citing a gag order.

Holmes, 24, faces 24 counts of first-degree murder and 116 counts of attempted murder in the attack, which was carried out early July 20 during the premiere of the new Batman film, "The Dark Knight Rises." Twelve people died, and 58 others were injured, several of them critically, in the incident. It was not clear what the police officer who was contacted by Fenton did with the information, ABC News reported. Sources told ABC News that the officer — who was not identified in the report — recently was interviewed by Aurora police detectives with an attorney.

As a medical doctor, Fenton would generally be bound to respect Holmes' right to privacy — except in a case where she perceived a serious threat to others. Under a federal rule followed by psychiatrists, Fenton had a duty to take action if Holmes told her of a specific plan to harm others.

The revelation that Fenton was Holmes' psychiatrist came in a motion by Holmes' defense attorneys made public recently. That information has since been blacked out in the document posted on the Colorado State Judicial Branch's website. Holmes had sent a package with a notebook to Fenton before the attack, according to court papers made public last week.

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