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
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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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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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I think the American Revolutionary War was revolutionary because it was going from a monarchy to a democracy and that is revolutionary. Many people don’t believe that it was revolutionary. They had their opinions because we didn’t get rid of our pre-existing social or political infrastructures. People like to compare the American revolution to the French Revolution‚ which ended in the country having a whole new take on social equality and freedom to live as you please. They got rid of King Louis
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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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The Sad Case of Andrea Yates Pamela Elliott Abnormal Psychology Instructor: Doctor Erica King October 13‚ 2011 The case of Andrea Yates is unmistakenly horrifying. For most of society trying to comprehend how a mother could drown five‚ count them five of her own children is impossible. Our society does not care about mental illness when they find out through court testimony that the mother chased around the house her last and oldest child in order to get him into the same bathtub
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Abstract In this assignment I am to review the case study of Andrea Yates. I am to write a 1 to 2 page summary of the case and answer/discuss the questions below. (1) What is the legal issue in the case study? What is the ethical issue? (2) Describe the differences between civil commitment and criminal commitment. What are some examples of each from the case study? (3) Discuss the terms insanity defense and competency to stand trial in relation to the case you choose. (4) When is information
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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 Case Jana Jo Engleking Everest University We are funny people‚ living in a diverse country‚ in a world I sometimes think has gone berserk. No one should have a problem. Everything should run smoothly every day‚ no glitches‚ but so much for that idea. Our real world is full of promise. Each one of us has control of our own destiny as long as we stay within the perimeters of what is considered right. Our constitution sets out our perimeters. We tell our children they
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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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