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Originally posted by former gov't
Or, at the risk of causing a religious flame war - perhaps something in the church. Both apparently devoutly religious and believed God told them to kill the kids. Now Andrea Yates had a history of depression (although voices not so much). No info on this one.
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If Yates' religious fanatic community hadn't told her her only purpose in life was to breed and obey her husband despite her documented severe post-partum depression and psychosis, she could've stopped having kids and gotten treatment so her kids' lives would've been saved. Can't tell yet with this one but isn't hearing voices from God a symptom of schizophrenia (which may coincide with a symptom of sincere extreme religious belief, but which I assume ultrareligious types would aver is not the same thing)?
