Borderline personality disorder

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What psychologist Dr Shannon Curry said about Amber Heard in the ... (The Independent)

The psychologist hired by Johnny Depp's legal team has told the court that Amber Heard has two personality disorders – borderline and histrionic disorder.

In her 2018 op-ed, Ms Heard wrote that “like many women, I had been harassed and sexually assaulted by the time I was of college age. “It is one of the most easily faked disorders,” Dr Curry said. “One of the most common tactics that they’ll use is actually physically assaulting and then getting harmed themselves, but mostly, we call this ‘administrative violence.’ Essentially this is saying that they’ll make threats using the legal system,” Dr Curry said. “But when somebody is afraid of being abandoned, by their partner or by anybody else in their environment and they have this disorder, they’ll make desperate attacks to prevent that from happening.” They’ll exaggerate it, and they’ll explode,” Dr Curry said. Psychologist Dr Shannon Curry, who was hired by the Depp legal team, took the stand on Tuesday saying that she met with Ms Heard on “two separate dates” as she conducted her evaluation – 10 and 17 December 2021.

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A Psychologist Hired By Johnny Depp Testified That Amber Heard ... (BuzzFeed News)

Shannon Curry said she believes Heard was "grossly exaggerating" when asked about having PTSD symptoms.

Based on her evaluation, Curry told the court on Tuesday she believes that Heard does not have PTSD and was "grossly exaggerating symptoms of PTSD when asked about them." In court on Tuesday, Curry added that she believes Heard has histrionic personality disorder, and its key features are drama and shallowness. (Depp previously testified that he responded to conflict with Heard by trying to leave, for example locking himself in a bathroom.) Curry said when psychologists see this code type, it's best to follow up with the patient's subordinates, coworkers, and others "who may have observed their behavior more closely." A tactic people with borderline personality disorder may use is physically assaulting someone else and then "getting harmed themselves," Curry said. Her testimony comes as lawyers for Depp and Heard have tried to paint the other as the aggressor in their violent marriage.

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Depp v Heard: Amber suffered from 'histrionic and borderline ... (Sky News)

On day nine of the Depp v Heard trial, the court heard about an argument in which Heard labelled Depp "a washed-up actor" who would "die a fat, ...

From what was in the garbage and what was left out..." During the row, Ms Roberts said she could see Heard "clawing, grabbing at [Depp's] clothes... The court also heard remote testimony from Tara Roberts, the estate manager of Depp's Bahamas residence. She said she that she took Depp away from the situation to a café on the island, where she put an ice pack on his nose and he "slept for the rest of the morning". Doctor Curry rebuked that theory, saying her diagnoses were based on evidence. You'll die a fat, lonely old man." She says Depp accuse Heard of "hitting me with a can" and that he had "bruising on the bridge of his nose". then using the legal system... Doctor Curry said that was not the case, she merely asked her husband to "pick up muffins because I was running late", adding that she and Heard "enjoyed the muffins together". Heard's lawyer, Elaine Bredehoft, also claimed the doctor was "so excited [about taking on the high-profile case] that she told her husband she was going to be conducting an examination of Amber Heard" although it was "a highly confidential matter". Additionally, Doctor Curry described Heard as "grossly exaggerating symptoms of PTSD", saying that when the questions she put to her "seemed random" she believed that Heard tried to "minimise" any impression of a disorder, but when questions put to her revolved around trauma she felt Heard would "exaggerate". On day nine of the Depp v Heard trial, the court heard about an argument in which Heard labelled Depp "a washed-up actor" who would "die a fat, lonely old man" and a disastrous family trip on a yacht that Depp would later sell to JK Rowling.

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Amber Heard has two personality disorders, says psychologist (Crow River Media)

Dr Shannon Curry previously conducted an evaluation on the actress and has told a courtroom in Fairfax, Virginia - where Heard is facing a defamation case ...

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What Amber Heard's alleged Borderline Personality Disorder means (New York Post)

A psychologist for Johnny Depp's defense testified on Tuesday that ex wife Amber Heard may suffer from borderline personality disorder.

Moreover, those with either disorder are prone to rush into relationships out of their deep desire for a new partner’s admiration, and end them just as quickly, as soon as that initial shine fades — all of which makes the pairing a potentially volatile combo. Relatedly, those with histrionic personality disorder tend to have a penchant for the dramatic while exhibiting attention-seeking behavior. Her statement led later testimony on that Heard had shown dubious signs of abuse, such as LAPD Officer Melissa Saenz who “did not identify her as a victim of domestic violence” when called to the couple’s home in 2016.

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