Appendix A –
Recommendations to the panel on Reassessment of Risk
Report on John Smith by Dr. Hazel Cole, 17th February 1991
Smith has been in the secure unit for seven years following an aggravated assault motivated by religious mania. At the time he was suffering an attack of acute schizophrenia, manifesting symptoms of paranoia, thought disorder, delusions of persecution and of grandeur.
Currently, Smith has several complex and interacting pathologies and many insecurities carried over from an unhappy childhood. His schizophrenia has been in remission for five years, following successful management with chloropromazine. He has previously suffered episodes of epileptic attacks, linked to a focus in his temporal lobes.
The regime of drugs he takes to control his epilepsy restricts the range and effectiveness of the anti-psychotics he may take. Tricyclics have been effective in the past but following an extensive neurological examination, it was the opinion of the case psychiatrist that this treatment should be stopped.
Appendix B –
Suitability for Special Operations
TOP SECRET - EYES ONLY
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REPORT OF 17-FEBRUARY-1941
TO: GORDON FOWLES, HA-WOCS
FROM: DR. F.P.R.VIONI M.D.
MEMO: PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT OF ERIC HAYLE
INTERVIEW WITH E.H. TOOK PLACE 21-FEB AT WAR OFFICE, WHITEHALL.
E.H. WAS ON TIME AND ANSWERED ALL Q.’S FULLY AND SUPERFICIALLY POLITELY THERE WAS A UNDERLYING TONE OF INSOLENCE AND DISRESPECT FOR MY AUTHORITY.
E.H. WAS ARTICULATE AND INTELLIGENT (IQ 147 ON WISC-1) CREATIVE ON PROBLEM SOLVING TESTS BUT UNWILLING TO STAY WITHIN BOUNDS OF MY GIVEN INSTRUCTIONS.
RESILIENT PERSONALITY, LOGICAL IN FACE OF CRITICISM, QUICK TO ADAPT IN ROLE-PLAY TEST BUT LACKED EMPATHY.
LIFESTYLE QUESTIONS REVEALED DUBIOUS AND UNASHAMED PERSONAL CONDUCT. MANY ANSWERS SHOWED HIM TO BE CALLOUS AND UNEMOTIONAL. AT TIMES HE APPEARED TO BE GOADING ME WITH HIS CASUAL CONFESSIONS OF SOCIAL TRANSGRESSION. HE ALSO POKED DISMISSIVELY AT THE RULE OF LAW.
POSSIBLE HOMOSEXUALITY.
CLEAR EVIDENCE OF PSYCHOPATHOLOGY.
UNSUITED FOR MILITARY SERVICE.
Appendix C –
Summer term report
John Smith, Form five – Form teachers report, Summer Term 1993 John continues to drift through school, paying little attention to his work. He is a cheerful member of the class and gets by comfortably enough but he is wasting his potential. I am not confident that he will do as well as could in his GCSE’s. While my fingers are crossed, I think he should brace himself to be disappointed with his results. A short, sharp shock might be just what it takes to wake him up and start taking things more seriously.