Dr Lars Madsen, Shay Addison, and Dr Rob Brockman are back for a new season to examine one of Australia’s  one of Australia’s most high-profile recent cases - the conviction of Erin Patterson, widely referred to in the media as “the mushroom murderer.”

In this episode of Beyond the Crime – A Psychological Analysis, we move beyond legal outcomes to explore the psychological question left largely unanswered at trial: why? Using schema therapy and schema modes as a framework, they develop a speculative psychological formulation based on publicly available evidence, courtroom material, and reported behaviour patterns.

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