Jodi Arias Murder Case | Borderline, Narcissistic, or Nothing?

This video answers the question: Can I review the case of Jodi Arias? She was convicted in 2015 of murdering a young man named Travis Alexander, who was somebody with whom she was in a relationship. Support Dr. Grande on Patreon:   / drgrande  
I look at the timeline, but also the mental health and personality characteristics that may have been going on in this case. To be clear, I'm not diagnosing anybody, rather just speculating based on the evidence that's available. Jodi Arias was born in 1980 and Travis Alexander was born in 1977. The murder occurred on June 4th 2008. In 2015, she was found guilty of first-degree murder and on sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. One of the reasons this was interesting, is this juxtaposition with post-traumatic stress disorder and borderline personality disorder. There were different diagnoses from different clinicians. Whenever we see mental health and the law come together, this is a dangerous intersection.
The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual the DSM, which contains these mental disorders was written for treatment, it wasn't written to explain why people commit crimes.

Symptom criteria for borderline personality disorder: frantic efforts to avoid abandonment, unstable relationship pattern, identity disturbance, impulsivity and at least two areas that are potentially self damaging, suicidal behavior, affective instability, chronic feelings of emptiness, inappropriate or intense anger or difficulty controlling anger, paranoid ideation or dissociation

Symptom criteria for narcissistic personality disorder: grandiose sense of self-importance, fantasies about success wealth and power, believing oneself to be special or unique, requiring excessive admiration, a sense of entitlement, exploiting other people interpersonally, lack of empathy, jealousy, arrogance

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