Andrea Yates Case Study

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This case is about a woman named Andrea Yates and the murders of her five young children. The case is a tragedy and I felt deeply saddened when I read about, however I was also deeply intrigued. Something that has always interested me is the topic of mental illness and the issues surrounding it. I feel like there are many layers to this story and many components behind her actions. She is clearly a woman tortured by her beliefs and fears and battling things nobody should have to battle. First I would like to point out that I believe others played a huge piece in this. Mrs. Yates was showing some very clear signs that she needed help and she was also battling some dark deep things. She was suffering from postpartum psychosis, bipolar,…show more content…
She was also being brainwashed by her religion and the couple who were leading and contributing to her beliefs. She was scared that because she was allegedly going to hell so were her children and that played a huge piece in why she did what she did. She was pleading for help and nobody really offered it to her. I believe that Mrs. Yates being found “not guilty by reason of insanity” is actually totally reasonable and here is why. She had on multiple occasions been admitted to the hospital because she was having mental breakdowns due to stress and her massive postpardem depression and overwhelm. I think that it is more her husbands, the doctors and her families fault than it is hers. She was guilty of the killings but I think that everyone else is guilty of not protecting her or her children. When she was admitted to the hospital on one occasion they said she had claw marks on her legs because she was trying to hurt herself instead of her children. She was clearly unstable and not able to mother her children in a safe or responsible manner yet she was still left home alone with them and was still able to have another child. I think this case is a tragic one not only because innocent children died but also because a woman clearly needing
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