The penny-pinching Manhattan Psychiatric Center administrator who greenlit the release of the deranged Macy’s stabber has a long history of mental illness herself – and made her decision on the recommendation of a “temporary” shrink, The Post has learned.
Caitlin Stork, clinical director of the center on Wards Island, tried to kill herself twice as a teen and battled bipolar disorder, which was treated with lithium and the antipsychotic Seroquel, she told the Charlotte Observer in 2003.
The 43-year-old Ohio native relied on the advice of a temporary shrink, or a “locum tenens” psychiatrist hired on a contract basis, in releasing alleged stabber Kerri Aherne earlier this month, a source who works in NYC-based mental hospitals told The Post.
The temp, with Stork’s blessing, signed the discharge papers on Dec. 10, then headed out on a three-week vacation. Such contract employees are typically used by the state-run facility to fill staffing gaps…