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For one example, my friend's brother locked himself inside a bedroom with an M-16 and other rifles/guns once, thinking he was in a war and going to be attacked. The SWAT team was called in, and they would have killed him I'm sure if it wasn't for his other brother who came and demanded (big, huge guy) they let him go in and talk to him (with a bullet proof vest on, mind you). Very delusional - as I believe Andrea was delusional in her fears of the kids going to hell unless she took their lives. Each case is so different - we can never generalize, especially when it comes to mental illness.

"Very delusional - as I believe Andrea was delusional in her fears of the kids going to hell unless she took their lives."

I'd like to point out that the only evidence we have that Andrea was dillusional comes from the case her defense lawyers tried to make. None of it is necessarily true, though some of it may be partially true.

"Each case is so different - we can never generalize, especially when it comes to mental illness."

Yes, each case is different. I worked with troubled teens for many years. I should admit at this point that, while not schizophrenic, I AM a chronic depressive. No bipolarity. No biggie. It just fits my personality profile. I only bring it up to make the point that TRANSFERRENCE is a bad mistake to make when attempting to understand why anyone does what they do. I've seen evidence of a lot of transferrence when reading passionate responses to passionate issues on many threads. Transferrence skews our perception.