Andrea Yates Case Study
Abstract
In this assignment I am to review the case study of Andrea Yates. I am to write a 1 to 2 page summary of the case and answer/discuss the questions below.
(1) What is the legal issue in the case study? What is the ethical issue?
(2) Describe the differences between civil commitment and criminal commitment. What are some examples of each from the case study?
(3) Discuss the terms insanity defense and competency to stand trial in relation to the case you choose.
(4) When is information confidential? When is the therapist involved in duty to warn? How does or could duty to warn relate to the case you chose to review?
(5) If you encountered the type of individual in the case study on the job (previous to the person committing a …show more content…
Andrea drowned her children in the family bathtub then called 911 and her husband. Andrea’s comment to her husband was really unbelievable she said “you need to come home, it’s time, I did it” (Yates, 2001). Rusty her husband didn’t know what she was talking about and asked her what she did her reply was “it’s the children” and asked “which one” (Yates, 2011), Andrea replies “all of them” (Yates, 2011). Andrea had laid four of the children on a double bed in the Master Bedroom and covered them with a blanket, when detectives looked their eyes were wide open, the fifth child was left in the bathtub with that had amid feces and vomit floating to the surface in plain …show more content…
Andrea tried to commit suicide twice and booth times she was hospitalized for psychotic breakdowns. Records indicate that Andrea has been suffering from post-partum depression since the birth of Luke; she has been medicated and was investigated by Child Protective Services after her suicide attempt. Andreas’s physician and Child protective services did see why Andrea couldn’t care for her children. The term “legally insane” is defined as “a person is insane and is not responsible for criminal conduct, if at the time of such conduct, as a result of a severe mental disease or defect, he/she was unable to appreciate the nature and quality or the wrongfulness of his/her acts (The Lectric Law Library, 1995-2011). Many believe that Andrea didn’t know at the time that her actions were wrong when she drowned all five of her children in the family bathtub. Andrea told the homicide detective Sgt. Eric Mehl what she done and how she done these
In this assignment I am to review the case study of Andrea Yates. I am to write a 1 to 2 page summary of the case and answer/discuss the questions below.
(1) What is the legal issue in the case study? What is the ethical issue?
(2) Describe the differences between civil commitment and criminal commitment. What are some examples of each from the case study?
(3) Discuss the terms insanity defense and competency to stand trial in relation to the case you choose.
(4) When is information confidential? When is the therapist involved in duty to warn? How does or could duty to warn relate to the case you chose to review?
(5) If you encountered the type of individual in the case study on the job (previous to the person committing a …show more content…
Andrea drowned her children in the family bathtub then called 911 and her husband. Andrea’s comment to her husband was really unbelievable she said “you need to come home, it’s time, I did it” (Yates, 2001). Rusty her husband didn’t know what she was talking about and asked her what she did her reply was “it’s the children” and asked “which one” (Yates, 2011), Andrea replies “all of them” (Yates, 2011). Andrea had laid four of the children on a double bed in the Master Bedroom and covered them with a blanket, when detectives looked their eyes were wide open, the fifth child was left in the bathtub with that had amid feces and vomit floating to the surface in plain …show more content…
Andrea tried to commit suicide twice and booth times she was hospitalized for psychotic breakdowns. Records indicate that Andrea has been suffering from post-partum depression since the birth of Luke; she has been medicated and was investigated by Child Protective Services after her suicide attempt. Andreas’s physician and Child protective services did see why Andrea couldn’t care for her children. The term “legally insane” is defined as “a person is insane and is not responsible for criminal conduct, if at the time of such conduct, as a result of a severe mental disease or defect, he/she was unable to appreciate the nature and quality or the wrongfulness of his/her acts (The Lectric Law Library, 1995-2011). Many believe that Andrea didn’t know at the time that her actions were wrong when she drowned all five of her children in the family bathtub. Andrea told the homicide detective Sgt. Eric Mehl what she done and how she done these