[Slyfox]

This article is a slap in the face of anyone who's had to deal with a family member who is severely mentally ill.

[Tennessee_Bob]

This article is a slap in the face of anyone who's had to deal with a family member who is severely mentally ill.

Amen to that, Slyfox. I've been there.

The thing that amazes me - everyone is pointing fingers at Yates and saying he should be put away - but no one says anything about the friends of the family that crawled out of the woodwork to say that they had known that Andrea was sick (one of them even kept a diary). Any one of them could have gone to court in Texas and filed to have her committed - and brought her illness to the public light and maybe - just maybe - saved the kids. But no one stepped forward until after it happened.

[beekeeper]

This article is a slap in the face of anyone who's had to deal with a family member who is severely mentally ill.

Yes and no. A friend of mine has a son who is manac sp? depressive. But they are doing all they can to help him through it. And they recognise what they can and should do. It appears that RY is not in that category and was and is in denial. That is the problem. And I can understand it. It is the easy way out. My friends are going through hell.