THE DEVIL MADE ME DO IT

[blueberryhill]

The only demons and devils are the people who commit these awful crimes.

That is why we should euthanize the mentally ill.

I don't think these people are genuinely mentally ill. I think it's a cop out. The mentally ill I have seen are normally vulnerable and harmless. Although there are violent mentally ill people they are generally not high functioning members of society.

I seriously don't understand how anybody, especially somebody who's studied and worked in mental health, can view this the way you do, aussie. That's not a jab, I really don't understand.

IMO, many of the perpetrators covered in this thread are mentally ill individuals; mentally ill individuals functioning in a society that refuses to lock them up and treat them against their will until it's too late.

Yeah, some of them are bullshitters looking for a cop out, I agree. But, most should have been confined to in-patient treatment given their behaviors, for their own well-being and for the safety of those around them.

This is a very sad case of a mother who showed signs of severe post-partem depression and reported that demons were talking to her. She was briefly hospitalized for psychiatric problems and released. Her 3-month-old daughter was removed from her custody and given to the baby's aunt.

Unfortunately, the aunt let the mother move in with her and the baby, against court orders.

Well, the mother, ^ Deasia Watkins, 20, allegedly beheaded her three-month-old daughter, Janiyah, at the home in Hamilton County, Ohio on Monday.

A five-year-old child who was at the house to catch a school bus found the baby's body and ran outside to tell a male relative. The man woke up the aunt and she called police.

RIP Janiyah Watkins. Mom will have no problem using a mental impairment defense, IMO. Nor should she, based on what's known now. She should be confined to a mental facility (probably for life). Other than a disturbing the peace charge, Deasia Watkins had no criminal record.

Story: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-...rders.html

Post partum depression is a genuine mental illness as a result of childbirth and occurs 1-2 times per 1,000 deliveries. There can be a variety of symptoms which is one reason it is sometimes misdiagnosed. Essentially, the most dangerous symptom is when patient hears voices telling her to kill herself and/or her child. Patient has to start anti-psychotic medications immediately and be under care of health care provider ²⁴⁄₇ indefinitely. In any case, child needs to be separated from mother. I think Doctor was efficient in his quick diagnosis. O.K. they then place baby with the Aunt knowing (or if they didn't, should have) it would provide access to the mother. Mother was prescribed appropriate meds but there didn't seem to be any system or supervision in place to ensure she was taking medications or receiving any type of therapy. So, IMO, it was placing baby with the Aunt which should have been a big no no and no one was overseeing mother's psychoses. This can also run in families....poor baby....Hair, I just noticed the info re court orders. In cases like this, just like restraining orders, they are going to be ignored by the offending individuals, but why didn't Aunt call someone?