HER BACKGROUND Graduated from high school as valedictorian Captain of the swim team Officer in the National Honor Society Worked as a registered nurse at the University of Texas MD Cancer Center from 1986 1994 ID: 811739
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THE CASE OF ANDREA YATES
Slide2HER BACKGROUND
Graduated from high school as valedictorian
Captain of the swim teamOfficer in the National Honor SocietyWorked as a registered nurse at the University of Texas M.D. Cancer Center from 1986 – 1994
Met her husband in a religious study & planned to have as many children as nature provided
Had 5 children: 4 boys and 1 girl
Slide3GROWING CONCERNS
Andrea got into an extremist religious group that preached women are derived from the sin of Eve and bad mothers go to hell, along with their children
First suicide attempt: 1999, tried overdosing on pills diagnosed with a major depressive disorder and released from the hospital
Slide4SPIRALING DOWNWARDS
Andrea did not take the medication
started self mutilation & refused to feed her kids because she thought they were eating too much
Video cameras in the
celings
; said characters in the cartoons were talking to her children
Attempted suicide again in front of her husband with a knife to her neck hospitalized again and was in a catatonic state for 10 days
Slide5WARNED ABOUT RISKS OF HAVING MORE BABIES
She was effectively being treated with Haldol, an antipsychotic drug; she seemed like herself again.
Doctor warned her to not have any more kids because it could bring on more psychotic behavior due to hormonal changesHer husband purchases a bigger home, and her condition continued to improve
had relationships with her children again
Slide6THE TRAGIC END
March 2000, Andrea becomes pregnant with her 5
th child, Mary husband urges her to stop taking the Haldol
A few months after she was born, Andrea’s father died
Stopped taking meds, refused liquids, mutilation, and wouldn’t feed Mary
Frantically read the Bible
She was sent back in to a different hospital, but told she didn’t appear psychotic. She was told to “think happy thoughts and see a psychologist”
Two days later, she drowns all 5 children in her bathtub
Slide7THE TRIAL
May 2000: The Trial of Andrea Yates lasted 3 weeks
Found guilty of capital murder, and sentenced to life in prison in 2041 (77
yrs
old), eligible for parole
July 2006: appealed the life sentence found Andrea not guilty of murder by reason of insanity
Sentenced to spend an indefinite amount of time in a mental facility
Slide8VIDEOS
The Andrea Yates Story:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/4006974#4006974
Six Years Later, Jury Finds Yates Not Guilty
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/14043186#14043186
Slide9WHAT DO YOU THINK?
GUILTY OR NOT GUILTY?
Slide10THE SIX PERSPECTIVES
ON ANDREA YATES
What
perspective do YOU think best
explains her behavior?
1.
Cognitive
:
Mental functioning – she thought she was possessed by the devil and her children were not developing properly
2.
Biological
(neuroscience)
:
biological defect, bipolar diagnosis, neurotransmitter problems, postpartum depression, or mood disorder that runs in the family
3.
Social-Cultural
: Family dynamics, husband and extended family not supportive
4.
Behavioral
: learned response, negative environmental influences
5.
Psychoanalytic
:
childhood conflicts or trauma results in unconscious forces prevailing
6.
Humanistic
:
Lost faith in self as a mother, hopelessness