[headsonpikes]

"Degreed, regulated, and certified..."

Sure inspires ME with confidence. LOL!

Psychiatry is an uncertain science, at best. I'm not too charmed by its current uses.

A former client of mine was a forensic shrink attached to the prison system in Canada. His tales of interviews of these violent psycho- and socio-paths convinced me that these people should NEVER leave custody alive.

Insanity, booze, and drugs should never be used as excuses for 'treatment' instead of punishment.

JMHO.

[CharlieDarwin]

A former client of mine was a forensic shrink attached to the prison system in Canada. His tales of interviews of these violent psycho- and socio-paths convinced me that these people should NEVER leave custody alive.

I expect that your client's tales were pretty accurate. But I doubt that Andrea Yates would ever have faced a murder trial in Canada, since she is neither a psychopath or a sociopath. She is probably severely schizophrenic, and may never be "cured", so institutionalization is in order. Her condition would have been recognized and she would be in a mental hospital instead of a courtroom. JMHO, too.