Case Studies of Mental Illness

Trial of Andrea Yates
Even lay-people agree Andrea Yates was severely ill when she drowned her
five children. Why did a Texas jury find her guilty anyway? In practice, is
there any such thing as an "insanity defense"?

Melanie Stokes
A Chicago woman, suffering from post-partum depression, jumps from the
twelfth floor. Legislators want to name bills in her honor. That's
laudable ... but why is there no rush to find out why women like Andrea
Yates' become sick enough to harm their kids?

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