Andrea Yates verdict - huh?

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The point more I'm making is that if they had followed the Doctor's instructions, she would have never progressed to Post Partum Psychosis. Post Partum Depression is bad enough, but the Doctor was trying to spare them further pain.

Sometimes doctors say things we (all of us) don't want to hear, but the doctor typically has our (all of us) best interest at heart.

True. In her case the warning signs were pretty clearly in place, but no one acted in time to prevent a tragedy. In a way, much like Columbine. Society in general tends to shuffle forward blindly, heedless of the plight and pain of those around them. So, in fact, rather than emphathize that the husband should be angry at her for her actions, I feel he could share part of the blame for encouraging another pregnancy and leaving his children with a person of questionable mental stability who had stopped taking her anti-psychotic medication.