> > Here in Texas, the Yates murders, are getting lots of coverage because they > were so horrible. The husband took the stand today for the defense. A > psychiatrist testified yesterday that she had warned the Yates two years ago > not to have any more children. Early reports suggest to me that he has some > culpability in this. Too bad he won't be held accountable. She had to home > school those children, couldn't have babysitters or friends, and he obviously > expected her to be a baby factory. I am not saying that home schooling and > lots of babies is necessarily a bad thing, but all of that forced upon > someone and coupled with depression and a warped relationship it would have > to lead to trouble. > > That's my grousing! > Patricia I have been following the commentary surrounding this case, and it is unusual in that so many people simply do not believe that Post-Partum Psychosis is a disease. However, in England, this has been recognized for years and used legally---in defenses or to commit people to hospitals, etc. Here in Texas the idea seems to be "she just had the baby blues." I am finding it interesting that many of the callers on the talk shows do not really think mental illnesses are real. One woman said, "So, if she is mentally ill, let's cure her and then we can kill her!" If you read all of the background in this case, the words "mentally ill" just scream out from the page. I also find it interesting that on Thursday a man killed all of his children using carbon monoxide poisoning and yet there has been no outcry and hardly any news coverage. As for the Yates husband, from all accounts he was very domineering and controlling. When the doctor testified that he told the couple not to have any more children after the problems occurred when child #4 was born and yet they had another child as soon as possible, it makes me wonder just whose decision it was for her to have another baby. I think he is culpable in their deaths. Pat in Fort Worth