Cross resuming.
He's calling her back to the thing about LS reporting being abused as a child. She's acknowledging both instances exist in her notes, from Jun20 and Jan21. He's talking about Colorado law, and there being no difference between molestation and sexual assault. She's talking more about language used in a psychological setting, I think, about behaviours.
Talking about her intake, about whether she 'ruled out' DID quickly on that day. She says yes. I think that's going to come back to bite her.
Asking about her free hour, what she was allowed to do with it. She would have been transferred to another ward, could have talked to family on the telephone, shower, take out books, talked to other inmates. He's talking about how she's very restricted, how it's the same as solitary. She says that solitary is different, she could have had no contact with other inmates in solitary. Her conversations with LS lasted between five to thirty minutes. Her testimony is based on that and also reports from other staff and deputies. Cook is claiming he couldn't observe her for the other 23 hours. She's saying that's not true. The deputies check every fifteen minutes, and the cameras can see many things. He's now bringing in a suicide that happened during that time, that checks didn't happen.
He's talking about overt -vs- covert DID. How it's not obvious sometimes.
She said she would expect someone to report loss of memory, loss of time. That people with DID have a high incidence of attempted suicide and selfharm.
Oh, she just fell in a hole, she doesn't know the statistics on the long interval between seeking help and accurate diagnosis for DID. She doesn't even seem to know it's a problem. (The average I think is 10+ years, but don't quote me, I don't have time to Google it right now.)
He's wrong about OCD being a 'symptom of DID'. He's right that misdiagnosis is a major problem.
(I think the problem here is that her job is to quickly assess people for obvious problems. He's grilling her like LS came to him with problems in her life, privately, outside prison, and she ignored her.)
Wood: "Are you aware that people who are sick will deny that they're sick?" She talks about how there are many symptoms that are present that are observable in people who deny vehemently they are unwell but are. Wood: "So what they say is not indicative of whether they have a mental disorder or not." Witness: "Not exclusively." (Think this is actually a good point for the prosecution, with LS claiming she is mentally ill around her competency hearing.)
Now he's asking if DID can be comorbid with things. (IMO - The short answer is yes.) She says it depends on how the symptoms overlap. (IMO - So if the symptoms can all be linked with DID, then a second diagnosis often isn't necessary or appropriate.)
He's asking about the rate of repeated suicidal ideation and attempts. Now implying she was on suicide watch because she was suicidal. Witness denies that, says it was for LS's safety.
End cross.