A Bit of Orange

America’s sweethearts- Johnny Depp and Amber Heard- are in a popular court case which can be watched on the internet, as all domestic abuse cases should be. Actually, if I am to be accurate, it is Depp’s libel trial against his former wife for defaming him in an op-ed. He used to be Jack Sparrow, but now he’s known as the man who either abused or was abused by Amber Heard. That’s what the trial seems to be about.

As part of this intimate look into two deranged Hollywood drug addicts, a Forensic psychologist delivered her assessment of Amber Heard and describes her as follows:

 “…externalization of blame, tending to have a lot of inner hostility” and “a tendency to be very self righteous but also to deny that self righteousness and judge others critically.” She added that Heard was “very full of rage” and had an intense fear of abandonment. 

Borderline personality disorder, which Curry diagnosed Heard with, involves “explosive anger when somebody needs space.”

https://www.foxnews.com/live-news/johnny-depp-amber-heard-defamation-trial-court-case

Now, I don’t mean to cast aspersions on the field of psychiatry, but I have some questions about the way in which these diagnosis are founded.