Andrea Yates: Case Study

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a. Yes, Andrea Yates was insane, and still is because she still in a mental hospital. I was person is insane when they starting hearing voice in their head, wall moving, hallucinating demons, and worshiping Satan. Even though I respect every religions, worshiping is kind of insane. Yates show that she does have these symptom in her. Therefore, she is insane in my opinion. In additions the starting to commit suicide couples time, and when she drown her five children she show no emotions. If someone does not have any emotions when drowning their own five children, that is insane, the person is insane.

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