Australia- Nine people stabbed including 9 month baby @ the Westfield Shopping Centre in Bondi Junction, suspect fatally shot, Sydney, 13 April 2024

[imstilla.grandma]

Mass killer's psychiatric treatment to be probed

A psychiatrist who stopped medicating the man who would become one of Australia's worst mass killers will be questioned at an inquest.

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[drsleuth]

Nurse 'vomited' when told of former patient Cauchi's Bondi Junction stabbing

The nurse, known as RN2 treated Joel Cauchi while he was still medicated for his schizophrenia at a clinic in regional Queensland between 2015 and 2017.

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Nurse 'vomited' when told former patient Joel Cauchi fatally stabbed six, Bondi Junction inquest hears​

The nurse, known as RN2, told the court she "vomited", was "incredibly shocked" and had a "visceral response" when she learned Cauchi had fatally stabbed six people inside the shopping centre on April 13, 2024.

"It's odd because it's incongruent of what I know of Joel,"

she said.
"It really doesn't make any sense."

The court heard he was weaned off antipsychotic medication entirely in June 2018, and later stopped taking his prescription used to treat his obsessive-compulsive disorder.

 

[iamshadow21]

Nurse 'vomited' when told of former patient Cauchi's Bondi Junction stabbing

The nurse, known as RN2 treated Joel Cauchi while he was still medicated for his schizophrenia at a clinic in regional Queensland between 2015 and 2017.

www.abc.net.au

Nurse 'vomited' when told former patient Joel Cauchi fatally stabbed six, Bondi Junction inquest hears​

The nurse, known as RN2, told the court she "vomited", was "incredibly shocked" and had a "visceral response" when she learned Cauchi had fatally stabbed six people inside the shopping centre on April 13, 2024.


she said.
"It really doesn't make any sense."

The court heard he was weaned off antipsychotic medication entirely in June 2018, and later stopped taking his prescription used to treat his obsessive-compulsive disorder.

It's almost like the person she 'knew' was able to present as she knew him because he was medicated. Fancy that.

MOO

 

[Dotta]

"Joel Cauchi's psychiatrist chokes back tears​

as she apologises to the families ​

ripped apart by Bondi Junction attack.​

'I offer my sincere apologies to you
that this tragedy has happened',
she said.

'I am aware that no words will ease the profound pain and suffering.

No psychiatrist in the world
would wish on themselves for this trauma to happen'."

Joel Cauchi's psychiatrist apologises to Bondi Junction victims

The psychiatrist who weaned Joel Cauchi off his medication said she was personally affected by the attack at Westfield Bondi Junction during a tearful address to the families of her patient's victims.

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[drsleuth]

‘Hatred toward women’: Killer’s psychiatrist makes bombshell claim at Bondi inquest

The doctor who weaned Joel Cauchi off his antipsychotic medication said he was “not psychotic” during the attack, as she repeatedly clashed with counsel assisting the inquiry.

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‘Hatred toward women’: Killer’s psychiatrist makes bombshell claim at Bondi inquest​

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[iamshadow21]

‘Hatred toward women’: Killer’s psychiatrist makes bombshell claim at Bondi inquest

The doctor who weaned Joel Cauchi off his antipsychotic medication said he was “not psychotic” during the attack, as she repeatedly clashed with counsel assisting the inquiry.

www.smh.com.au

‘Hatred toward women’: Killer’s psychiatrist makes bombshell claim at Bondi inquest​

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It really sounds like the psychiatrist is in complete denial that he actually had schizophrenia. So taking him off his meds was fine because they were 'unnecessary', and he couldn't have been psychotic when he killed those people because he wasn't schizophrenic.

This is a very dangerous immovable mindset when you're responsible for the wellbeing of people with serious psychiatric conditions. It speaks of an unwillingness to admit fallibility and accept that you might have been wrong despite all evidence.

MOO

 

[drsleuth]

https://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/breaking-news/joel-cauchis-psychiatrist-withdraws-claim-a-hatred-for-women-fuelled-his-fatal-rampage-at-westfield-bondi-junction/news-story/810306c7adbe35896bdf5517f6f8f155?amp

Psychiatrist withdraws claim ‘hatred for women’ fuelled Joel Cauchi’s fatal rampage at Westfield Bondi Junction​

A psychiatrist has withdrawn bombshell claims that Joel Cauchi carried out the fatal rampage at Westfield Bondi Junction as a result of a “hatred for women”.

Clareese Packer

May 15, 2025 - 7:07AM

Ms Chrysanthou said Dr A’s evidence on Tuesday was contrary to expert evidence and had “caused great distress” to her clients.

“I’m entitled to put to her that the evidence she gave yesterday was dishonest because it was shocking evidence to me and my clients, and I’m entitled to raise it,” Ms Chrysanthou told the court.

“She has said today she shouldn’t have said that, it was conjecture,” NSW state coroner Teresa O’Sullivan said.

“Do you agree that what you said yesterday about Joel being organised in the way he carried out that attack, you should not have said?”

“It was a conjecture on my part,” Dr A replied.

“Do you withdraw it?” Ms Chrysanthou asked.

“Yes.”

 

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I don't think anyone reputable has treated schizophrenia exclusively with talk therapy since Frieda Fromm-Reichmann, and she did it in an institutional setting. She did it because the go-to 'therapies' at the time were lobotomy and electric shock, and she believed she could help patients without that kind of brutality. She had minor successes with a handful of patients, most notably, Joanne Greenberg, who probably was not schizophrenic but did have a condition with psychotic or delusional features.

Fromm-Reichmann died in 1957, and the successes with widespread usage of antipsychotics meant psychoanalysis and other talk therapy being exclusively used for schizophrenia went the way of the dinosaur, like lobotomy. While talk therapy can help people with psychotic disorders, it's supportive, not a substitute for a comprehensive drug regimen.

MOO

 

[iamshadow21]

Everyone agreed Joel Cauchi was psychotic when he murdered six people at Bondi Junction. Until his psychiatrist didn’t

The third week of a coronial inquest into the death of Cauchi and the six people he killed gave the fullest picture of his illness yet

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[iamshadow21]

Bondi Junction inquest told most people with treatment-resistant schizophrenia relapse without medication

Homicide of strangers by people with schizophrenia is rare, with one occurring in NSW about every two years, expert tells Sydney coroners court

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[iamshadow21]

Bondi killer's 'satanic control' claim 'not taken seriously' by psychiatrist

Five experienced psychiatrists were called by the Westfield Bondi Junction inquest to provide their opinions on the treatment of Joel Cauchi's mental health prior to the stabbing attack.

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[MessyLee]

Do you think dr A (the one who got him off his meds) is just so totally blind to the symptoms, or does she just not care, or is she playing a role so very well of someone who does not see no harm done in fear of losing her licence?

It is just wild. I don't know what to make of it..

 

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Bondi Junction Inquest – Expert Psychiatrists Conclave​

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"They were awarded
the Ordre National du Merite,
one of France's highest distinctions,
on Thursday at NSW Parliament
for their courageous efforts on April 13, 2024.

'In the hour of danger when dozens of lives were at risk...
they ran towards the violence,
they chose to put their lives on the line,'
Premier Chris Minns said.

'The sad and hard truth is we don't know how bad this tragedy could've been without their intervention.

'(You) will always be heroes of this state.'

French Ambassador Pierre-Andre Imbert,
who presented the blue coloured medals to the two French friends,
praised them for their humility
and deliberately staying out of the limelight after the events.

'They acted not out of duty, but out of instinct',
he said.

The pair's actions in attempting to hold back the assailant prompted French President Emmanuel Macron at the time to commend the courage of the compatriots.

Silas Despreaux and Damien Guero
are pictured with hero cop Inspector Amy Scott.

All three confronted Cauchi during his stabbing spree at Westfield Bondi Junction on April 13."