Andrea Yates

Mr. Williams’s Insanity Case According to the National Alliance on Mental Illness, out of the estimated 2,220,300 people locked up in jails and detention facilities in the US only 17% of the inmates that need mental help receive it. Therefore, there is a remainder of 83% of inmates that need mental help but don't receive it. This is an issue because all of these inmates could be considered legally insane. This matters because with just being able to prove that the inmate is insane they could…

that balance out those chemicals, such as in the case of Kelsey Patterson. He would go into mental facilities often and while he was there, taking the medications, he would be competent, but when he was off of it, he resumed his insane behaviors. Andrea Yates, who will be mentioned in greater detail later, also stopped taking her medications two days before she committed her crimes. While there are certainly other factors in whether or not a person will be insane at the time of their crime,…

As proven in the cases of Andrea Yates and Khoua Her, women who follow the ideals of what femininity should be according to the rules of the public, were in fact more likely to get a lesser sentence. Khoua Her was a single mother who strangled her six children and then tried to attempt suicide. Her spent eight years in a Cambodian refugee camp, where she was raped and at the age of 13 she had her first child. Whereas Andrea Yates was a married, white, middle-class woman who drowned…

which the insanity defense is built upon. The other, State v. Andrea Yates, is a relatively recent case where in June of 2001 a devout Christian woman drowned her five children in the family bathtub, seeking redemption for them as she had become convinced that she was possessed by Satan (Blumoff, 2015, p. 180). Miller, too, was a devout Christian who murdered her own husband because she believed he was “working for the devil”. Yates, like Miller,…

verdicts of trials following notorious crimes are broadcasted on the news, only bringing awareness to the crime but never the steps or reasoning in determining insanity, falsely depicting that anyone can plea insane. For example, the news over Andrea Yates drowning her children spread like wildfire across the nation, horrifying…

The Yellow Wallpaper and Women’s Mental Health Society’s view of women as fragile, subservient, easily excited creatures propelled many of them into madness during the 1800s and early 1900s when the “Rest Cure” was pushed by a patriarchal medical community. Dr. Weir Mitchell developed the “Rest Cure” in the late 1800s for the treatment of hysteria, neurasthenia and other nervous illnesses (Science Museum). This widely prescribed, though now notorious treatment, was a way of life for many women…

that, I have learned about two most important symptoms (Hallucination and Delusion) that Nash suffered from in the film. Furthermore, an example was given during the lecture about Andrea Yates who suffered from the same disorder (Schizophrenia). Yates was only 36 years old and had 5 children. Due to the disorder, Yates was suffering from, she went ahead and murdered all the 5 children because she thought her children were not growing well. this story kind of relates to the move where Nash tells…

Humans are a complex species. Emotions define who we are. Our ability to bond with others with sentiment and compassion is what makes us human. A human without emotions is meaningless. What is the point of life if you do not have passion? Chief's life, in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey, was very vacuous before he formed a connection with McMurphy. As soon as McMurphy walked in, the fog got a little less thick. In Euripides's Medea, we can see how passion can turn sour when bonds…

Schizophrenia What is Schizophrenia? Schizophrenia is a mental disorder that requires treatment and medications. Schizophrenia is common in ages 18-35. People confuse Schizophrenia with split-personality disorder which is not correct. People who suffer from Schizophrenia do not suffer from split personality disorder, but from not being able to distinguish reality to what is not realistic. They may see things or objects that are not physically there. People that suffer from this disorder hear…

Mental Health Issues in Criminal Justice Megan Urbanski PSCI: 130 American Legal System April 29, 2018 Mentally inmates have recently become a higher population within the criminal justice system. While many prisons and jails have begun to teach their staff members how to handle this special population, there are still changes that need to be made in order to properly understand this special population of inmates. With the closing of state hospitals, mentally ill individuals have begun to get…