Andrea Yates Paper Linda J. Hernandez PSY 303: Abnormal Psychology Professor Lisa Prince Rutsky August 21‚ 2011 Andrea Yates Paper In 2001‚ Andrea Yates drowned her five children in a bathtub in her home. This was very disturbing news. I am a native Houstonian. I was at home that day. The television was on and will never forget the news breaking announcements that broke the story of a homicide in Clear Lake. All the information the reporters had was a mother killed all her children
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The case of Andrea Yates demonstrates just how important it is for the sentencing of a criminal to be accordingly to their psychological situation. Andrea suffered even when in prison for she was not receiving the appropriate help‚ as seen before‚ she went without eating. “The public remains mystified by psychiatry‚ and no amount of empirical evidence can dissuade many from believing that psychiatrists have some insight as to why people do crazy things. The essence of this view is to believe that
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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
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Around 10:00am on June 20‚ 2001‚ Rusty Yates received a startling phone call from his wife‚ Andrea‚ whom he had left only an hour before. "You need to come home‚" she said. Puzzled‚ he asked‚ "What’s going on?" She just repeated her statement and then added‚ "It’s time. I did it." Not entirely sure what she meant but in light of her recent illness‚ he asked her to explain and she said‚ "It’s the children." Now a chill shot through him. "Which one?" he asked. "All of them." He dropped everything
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The Andrea Yates Story Depression is a mental state characterized by a pessimistic sense of inadequacy and a despondent lack of activity. One may also describe depression as an illness that involves the body‚ mood‚ and thoughts. Depression affects the way a person eats‚ sleeps‚ feelings about oneself‚ and the way one thinks about different subjects. Signs and symptoms of depression are; loss of interest in activities that were once enjoyable‚ loss of appetite with weight loss or overeating with
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Andrea Yates A lot of human behavior patterns are based on genetics‚ including the human nervous system and brain‚ hormonal systems‚ neurology‚ and genetics. Andrea was diagnosed with depression and also took medication. She overdosed at her parent’s house in June 1999. Doctors told her she shouldn’t have anymore children because they saw the path she could be going down. They thought having more children would bring more stress and increase her depression and her trying to commit suicide
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Andrea Yates Andrea Yates‚ born July 2‚ 1964 in Houston‚ Texas‚ was just another average American girl. She was a remarkable student and ended up being her class valedictorian at Milby High School in Houston. She went to college at the University of Huston for nursing and continued her education at the University of Texas‚ School of Nursing; she graduated in 1986. In 1993‚ she married Rusty Yates‚ a devout follower of Michael Peter Woroniecki’s teachings which communicated that if a mother didn’t
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HOUSTON‚ TX- Almost a week has passed since the case on Andrea Yates occurred. Andrea Yates drowned all five of her children in her bath tub last week on June 20th‚ 2001. The family grew up in a suburban area of Houston‚ Texas. This quintuple murder has shocked the whole nation of horrific comments and opinions on this case. Yates has been charged with first degree murder‚ and the trial has started. The kids ages ranged from 6 months to 7 years old‚ 4 brothers and 1 sister. Her Attorneys say the
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suspect’s case to review their mentality throughout their lifetime in order to detect any instability in their emotions that could have effected their mentality during the crime. In the Andrea Yates case‚ through careful research‚ it showed that she had experienced severe depression during the pregnancies of her fourth child. There she was treated and regained her stability‚ although‚ after experiencing the same symptoms when her last child was born‚ she was deemed mentally ill. In this case‚ she was
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XXJUN2012 PS208 Case Analysis of Andrea Yates After close review and careful analysis of the case of Andrea Yates and the circumstances which led to the drowning death and murder of her five children‚ I first would like to state my personal opinion on the conclusion of the case which was the majority consensus at the time of her trial and sentencing. She was guilty of a horrible murder and although
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