We've been digging through the Epstein files, and today we'll bring you updates that shed light on his psychiatric diagnosis.

Welcome to the Carlet Psychiatry Podcast, keeping psychiatry honest since 2003.

I'm Chris Egan, the editor-in-chief of the Carlet Psychiatry Report.

And I'm Kelly Newsom, a psychiatric-in-chief of the Carlatte Psychiatry Report.

And I'm Kelly Newsom, a psychiatric MP, and a dedicated reader of every issue.

Jeffrey Epstein's crimes are upending power structures in politics, business, law, and academia.

They also impact us in psychiatry in at least three ways. First, there's the victims, whose plight is a reminder of how survivors of sexual trauma

are often dismissed, ignored, or blamed for the abuse.

Then there's Epstein, who we're going to put on the couch today and try to see if

psychiatry has anything to offer about what drove him.

Finally, there's the public reaction.

In a world divided over conspiracy theories, this is one that brings everyone together.

Well, almost everyone.

Reasonable people believe claims about Epstein that are usually the kind of things reserved for conspiracy theorists.

That he was an international spy, that he built his fortune on blackmail,

or that he ran an international sex trafficking operation,

as opposed to a more limited ring of abuse for himself and a few friends,

or that his suicide was a murder.

There is evidence for each of those positions and for their opposites.

The story is so bewildering that I started to question my own reality as I researched it for this podcast, and it keeps unfolding.

We're going to bring some new revelations in this series, but we're also going to try to

stick to the facts. Along the way, you'll learn something about psychiatric disorders that

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