[Jedidah]

Ridiculous. She had been so sick she required multiple hospitalizations (twice in the months before the murders)and heavy drugs, and the doctor-clown tries to cover his rear by saying she was fine when he last saw her.

No way should someone as sick as that woman was have been left to care for all those kids. That's an overwhelming job for a completely healthy parent.

[Pikachu_Dad]

Ridiculous. She had been so sick she required multiple hospitalizations (twice in the months before the murders)and heavy drugs, and the doctor-clown tries to cover his rear by saying she was fine when he last saw her.

He didn't say she was fine. He said she was not psychotic.

By the way, He WAS the treating physician for both of those hospitalizations !

The treatment was for post partum depression. Not for post partum psychosis.

[allmyheroeshavebeencowboys]

I agree. The woman was very mentally ill, and from everything I've read she was clearly psychotic. This Doctor was most likely covering his hind end for not protecting Andrea and her family from herself. It would be unethical to prescribe an anti-psychotic without evidence of psychosis, as these meds have very significant possible side effects. I am a mental health professional, and this case points to me how far our culture has to go in understanding mental illness. This woman thought she was saving her children from evil by killing them. This case is in contrast to other women who have killed their children for some personal gain, such as being able to run off with a new boyfriend who didn't want children around. This would be an example of a sociopathic individual, which is a personality disorder, and very different from someone who is psychotic. I believe Anrea was let down by the medical community, her spouse, and all those who were aware of her fragile emotional state.

[From many - one.]

I suspect thet Dr. Mohammed Sayeed has a different standard from you and me on what constitutes psychosis in a woman.

Call me biased, but he prescribed anti-psychotics and claims he did not think she was psychotic. My mental image is that of a doctor who was patching up a female to be sent back to her "womanly duties". I'd like to check on how his diagnoses of men vs women compares with other doctors wiht different ethnic backgrounds.