Andrea Yates Mental Illness

Mental Illness There are several forms of illnesses and they come in many forms, both physically and psychologically. There are some that may think that a mental illness isn’t an illness at all because it’s not visible to the naked eye, although, I believe that it is indeed a terminal illness that is more common than one may think. A mental illness is a variation of uncontrollable behaviors where the individual cannot differentiate fantasy with reality in terms then affects their overall thought mentality. It comes in various forms and it depends on one’s perspective on whether one is deemed mentally unstable. What exactly classifies someone as mentally ill is highly debatable. It could be caused by traumatic incidents, psychological damage to the brain, or any other emotional factor
When an individual commits a diminishing crime with little to no motivation, there are psychiatrists appointed to the suspect’s case to review their mentality throughout their lifetime in order to detect any instability in their emotions that could have effected their mentality during the crime. In the Andrea Yates case, through careful research, it showed that she had experienced severe depression during the pregnancies of her fourth child. There she was treated and regained her stability, although, after experiencing the same symptoms when her last child was born, she was deemed mentally ill. In this case, she was considered mentally ill and sentenced to a psych ward, even with several faults in her story. One’s mentality is a sensitive case and it is determined by perspective on what exactly someone considers ill so there is no exact proof to someone being insane other than their given symptoms. That brings us back to the argument on whether one should be able to plead insanity. In my opinion, I believe that it should be an option with