True Crime and Psychiatry

By: Andrew van der Vaart MD PhD
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  • Deep dives into criminal minds with psychiatrist and neuroscientist Andrew van der Vaart, MD, PhD.
    Copyright 2025 All rights reserved.
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Episodes
  • The Unraveling of Jared Lee Loughner

    The Unraveling of Jared Lee Loughner
    Jan 31 2025

    Were Jared Loughner's attempts to achieve "mind control" out of "conscience dreaming" born of a desperate, unconscious realization that he had lost control of his mental structures? And can we say anything about the motive for targeting and shooting Gabrielle Giffords, in a case of severe mental illness? Video version: https://youtu.be/0L5dZ3mPUmA
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    47 mins
  • Chris Watts: The Silent Snap

    Chris Watts: The Silent Snap
    Jan 31 2025

    What caused this quiet and demure husband and father of two to suffocate his entire family one night? I analyze the pharmacological and primarily psychological factors that may have contributed. I propose that Chris Watts is fundamentally a people-pleasing, passive-dependent "nice guy," who found a new love object that made nothing else matter. Internally he decided on a hard reset, and to the rest of us it appeared as a silent snap. Video version: https://youtu.be/wv3pnd28shU
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    37 mins
  • Burke Ramsey - Psychiatrist Analysis (JonBenet Case Pt. 2)

    Burke Ramsey - Psychiatrist Analysis (JonBenet Case Pt. 2)
    Jan 31 2025

    I look at Burke Ramsey's behavioral history, watch his child psych interviews, and discuss diagnostic possibilities. Video version: https://youtu.be/jhK0bGAdn74

    Patreon for bonus content: patreon.com/AndPsych
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    31 mins

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