Andrea Yates Insanity

In my essay, I will tell you why I agree that Andrea Yates, 44, is not guilty by reason of insanity. I believe that Andrea Yates had a very serious sickness, and it should have never been able to get that out of hand. Andrea Yates was suffering from severe postpartum psychosis and was losing control over herself. Rusty - Andreas husband -, her family, and the many doctors she had been working with should have took control about her acting’s. Rusty was a very controlling husband to Andrea while they have been together, but he took over too much control by answering for her and not listening. Andrea’s family noticed that after she had been well for a while, she was starting to go back to her “low” state of mind. Her doctors, Dr. Saeed and De. Starbranch for instance, who are very educated doctors should have noticed that she was not well, and should not have been changing her medication so frequently.

Russell Yates, Andrea’s over-controlling husband, should have took more notice to what was going on with Andrea. Russell
Saeed had been responsible for treating Andrea’s condition. One of the first mistakes De. Saeed had made was taking Andrea off medication that was helping her most, Haldol. Another mistake that had been made by a different psychiatrist, Dr. Eileen Starbranch, was mixing her medication together to try an “emergency injection” which caused immediate affects, that were not appropriate for her case. If that does not cut it, another psychiatrist, Dr. James Thomas, had known that she attempted suicide, and cannot be sane after the short amount of time she was on medication and in institutions. Andrea’s psychiatrists should have realized she was a very unfit mother, no matter what, and could not be cured as fast as they said. They knew all about her condition, even about her experiencing voices and visions. As professionals they should have realized she had serious problems and was not fit to be around her children any time