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T25 Report of Psychiatric Examination of Jack Ruby by Dr. Louis Jolyon West
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T25 Report of Psychiatric Examination of Jack Ruby by Dr. Louis Jolyon West
Report of Psychiatric Examination of Jack Ruby by Louis Jolyon West, M.D., Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Oklahoma School of Medicine in Oklahoma City, dated Sunday, April 26, 1964. The report discusses Dr. West's psychiatric examination of Ruby, conducted the day after Ruby attempted suicide by banging his head on the walls of his jail cell. Dr. West describes Ruby's delusions that outside his jail cell is a widespread massacre of the Jewish people, caused by the fact that the nation now blames Ruby for the Kennedy assassination. Ruby distrusts the doctor since he denies that these massacres are happening. Dr. West concludes with a diagnosis of acute psychosis, a paranoid state, and suicidal tendencies. He recommends that Ruby be transferred to a mental facility for proper assessment and treatment. The report is signed by Dr. West and David Candish, Notary Public. The report is typed and five pages long.
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