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NOTE-TAKINGAmerican JusticeAndrea Yates Story Andrea & Rusty Yates and their five children Andrea Yates drowned her five children • Infanticide- is the intentional killing of infants Andrea Yates • Postpartum depression (PPD) is a type of clinical depression which can affect women, and less frequently men, typically after childbirth Psychotic Psychotic Disorder person loses contact with reality experiences irrational ideas and distorted perceptions Andrea Yates • Postpartum psychosis is a term that covers a group of mental illnesses with the sudden onset of psychotic symptoms following childbirth. • A typical example is for a woman to become irritable, have extreme mood swings and hallucinations, and possibly need psychiatric hospitalization. Often, out of fear of stigma or misunderstanding, women hide their condition.[1] Hallucinations Hallucinations sensory experiences without sensory stimulation; may be auditory or visual nearly always abnormal and can affect any of the five senses auditory and visual hallucinations are the most common Delusions Delusion is a false belief(s) that cannot be explained by the patient’s culture or education that may accompany psychotic disorders the patient cannot be persuaded that the belief is incorrect despite evidence to the contrary Andrea Yates had these symptoms too: lack of speech [alogia] lack of emotion or reduced emotional expression [flat affect] loss of motivation or the will to do things [avolition] loss of feelings of pleasure [anhedonia] Psychopharmacology: antipsychotic medications Haldol also used to treat schizophrenia and other psychotic episodes likepost-partum psychosis Depression: SPECT scan Depressed Brain: underside Normal Brain surface view Blue & purple equals low activity