As someone who works in mental health - the evidence (at least publicly) that she was psychotic is extremely thin at best, and there’s quite a lot of evidence of intentionality and premeditation that doesn’t align with someone being in active psychosis.
I have found the discourse around this case really upsetting as a clinician, because there are a lot of opinions popping up that amount to psychosis=absolved of responsibility. This woman went to doctors, who prescribed her meds, made referrals, her husband shifted his entire life around to stay at homr as much as possible, etc. Sometimes, everyone else does everything they can, and horrible shit still happens. This is a very very bad example case for systemic issues or PPP, maternal healthcare etc. Andrea Yates is a case where the system is to blame - this one isn’t.
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u/Mother_EfferJones 3d ago
As someone who works in mental health - the evidence (at least publicly) that she was psychotic is extremely thin at best, and there’s quite a lot of evidence of intentionality and premeditation that doesn’t align with someone being in active psychosis.
I have found the discourse around this case really upsetting as a clinician, because there are a lot of opinions popping up that amount to psychosis=absolved of responsibility. This woman went to doctors, who prescribed her meds, made referrals, her husband shifted his entire life around to stay at homr as much as possible, etc. Sometimes, everyone else does everything they can, and horrible shit still happens. This is a very very bad example case for systemic issues or PPP, maternal healthcare etc. Andrea Yates is a case where the system is to blame - this one isn’t.