Andrea Yates | The Crime That Changed Mental Healthcare Forever
#andreayates
0:00 – Introduction
2:56 – An Important Mental Health Disclaimer
3:31 – Part 1: No Further Action
6:37 – Part 2: The Beginning Of The End
11:42 – Part 3: A Beautiful Mind
23:20 – Part 4: A Looming Catastrophe
32:36 – Part 5: Why Don’t You File A Complaint?
42:02 – Part 6: A Recipe For Disaster
1:01:02 – Part 7: The High Price Of Motherhood
1:03:57 – Kimbyrleaha’s Story
1:23:44 – Closing Remarks
The story and eventual trial of Andrea Yates has largely been told over the last two decades by the media with scattered documentaries largely repeating the same narrative surrounding the details of her crimes. But the life of Andrea Yates is one that was not adequately understood by the jury, the media, or those who have taken interest in her case.
Andrea Yates was a successful registered nurse who had succeeded at every aspect of life prior to meeting her future husband Rusty. But all of that would change after the birth of her first son Noah. She would hide her early onset postpartum depression and psychosis for nearly half a decade before it would become unmanageable.
She undergo years of reoccurring inpatient psychiatric hospitalizations that would cause her delusions to only worsen. Coupled with a newfound obsession with religion that was fostered by her husband and religious mentor Michael & Rachael Woroniecki, Andrea would begin to give her hallucinations the wheel.
But that is largely the story people know…however, it is not even close to what I believe was the ultimate catalyst for this crime.
In this episode I will share with you the series of choices that were made that dramatically affected the outcome of Andrea’s life. Choices that were made by a psychiatrist who threw caution to the wind and played Russian Roulette with the lives of Andrea Yates and all 5 of her young children. But this is a case we must learn from, and one that we cannot to relegate to the past. There is a crisis happening all around us right now, and if we have any hope of changing it, we have to start listening to those who are suffering the most.
IMPORTANT MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES:
https://988lifeline.org/chat/ (24/7 Help For Everyone/Free Chat Services)
https://www.thetrevorproject.org/get-help/ (LGBTQ Youth Based Services)
https://www.samhsa.gov/find-help/national-helpline (Substance & Mental Health Services)
(Detailed List of Mental Health Subreddits (Communities) Offering Free Community Based Assistance)
WOMEN’S MENTAL HEALTH CHARITY INFORMATION:
https://www.sherecovers.org/
[The proceeds from this video will be donated to these charitable organizations]
TRUE CRIME CONTENT CREATOR KIMBYRLEIGHA:
@Kimbyrleigha
https://www.youtube.com/@UCZorPE3w8dI55edrq1Vq4jg
MUSIC:
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DISCLAIMER:
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SOURCES:
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42 Comments
Was Mohammed arrested and charged. ?
I really that Non-dr. Mohammed never forgets what he did.
Imaging seeking help from medical professional and being let down. Imagine having a husband and being let down by him too. Imagine poor little children losing their lives because of it all. Sadly… This is their reality 😢
Another example of religion hurting children
There aren’t a lot of things I can’t conceptualize, but what she was going through is beyond anything I can imagine. Poor Andrea, she had such a good life before Rusty her “husband” turned her into his lil test subject for his cult. Just so heartbreaking. Hopefully she’s getting the care she needs, but I feel like this never would’ve happened if she didn’t feel pressured to be the perfect mom/wife to a man.
Women always looking to blame some man for their actions. You're an adult you need to take ownership of your activities.
Excellent writing and editing!!
Her hubby was a narcarcisst..she needed help and to have no more kids…
All she was to her husband was an incubator, that's all. Disgusting, what an a$$hole.
I have always felt sorry for Andrea. She shouldn't have to stay in prison for her entire life either. I don't believe she is a threat to anyone at this point.
People with mental illness ate evil, family and friends knew her problem, all of them fail those kids, she is to blame no matter what they say about her, she was sick yes but kids where left to die in her hands, she is evil period!
Her husband let her and the children down. Its so sad.😢
I hate that man. He's evil and his smug smile in the photo makes me sick. Rusty Yates remarried in the same church his children's funerals were held…sick SOB.
Man some of these comments are really disturbing- even with all the information we have on this case, people still paint her as a monster. This was a woman suffering a severe illness. She was continually failed by her doctor, her husband, and her religion. It's probably for the best that she remain hospitalized, but it's pretty sickening that her doctor and husband got out of this situation with zero consequence despite being more culpable than her. They were perfectly sane- she wasn't and they both had a responsibility to help her.
I also wonder why ECT therapy was never an option for her to help with her psychosis? The fact that Rusty wanted her to keep having children is beyond appalling. 😢
I think about this case from time to time. In fact, I was just discussing this with someone a week ago. This poor woman. She had no support system. I do believe since Andrea Yates, we have learned more about post-partum depression. Don't even get me started on "Rusty". I believe he wanted her to kill herself, never even considering she might kill the children. She had become a burden to him. I still think he should if been charged with child endangerment or manslaughter. He knew how sick she was yet he continued to get her pregnant and have his family living in less than satisfactory conditions. He went on with his life and remarried forgetting all about Andrea. I pray she is at peace.
Honestly stories like this make me feel hopeless. I was raised in a controlling religion, which tbh is on the line of what we call cults, and I am always scared I am going to see something like this come out of it. There is no way I can penetrate the beliefs because they are so absolutely certain that they are on the side of god, and therefore, everyone else is on the side of the devil.
Religious cults never end well
Sounds like there were many mentally ill people involved in this situation. They should have been charged as well.
Thank you for the way you narrated this video, with Truth and compassion.
It's so unfortunate that medical science doesn't understand the SCIENTIFIC existence of demons and extreme complexity and sophisticated manner in which they operate. I'm a minister with an extensive understanding of how demons work. I was able to successfully withdraw from all meds for depression and schizophrenia. This is an extraordinarily complex issue and there are no simple answers. There is a basis to the administration of pharmaceutical meds for mental health, but it's basically a sophisticated band-aid. Even understanding the problem more completely than most, I believe the solution, due to the extreme complexity of the demonic entities (which I've obtained overwhelming scientific evidence of) end up being elusive. Perhaps I experienced a miracle as I was able to become proactive in my own stability. I did have the wisdom to titrate myself off all my psych meds.
Her husband should have been prosecuted for Manslaughter.
The husband preacher and wife should have been prosecuted!!!!
Her husband abused her. He should have been locked up too.
I hold the so called Dr. Islam Muhammet Seed responsible for the death of those 5 children! Where the hell did he get his license for psychology when he comes from a country that hates women!!! Has HE been prosecuted for his crime of FRAUD??? He obviously knows NOTHING about the human psyche . Andrea Yates was obviously suffering from massive sleep deprivation, for what 5-7 years??? That's enough to make anyone crack! Living in a camper trailer…c'mon folks, that's downright INHUMANE!!!!! If I were her I would've done only one thing different, I would've KILLED MYSELF, and not my 5 innocent children.
Pretty obvious she has schizophrenia
I can't stomach religious fanatics.
This was such a tragedy. These beautiful barbies….
Casey Anthony got away with murder.
So all of this probably wouldn’t have happened if she never met her husband
Rusty was a religious koot. He made his wife suffer because of religious bs. Tom Cruise would have expected the same thing.
This is what religious fanaticism looks like. The hypocrisy is appalling.
A true God would not force you to believe in Him because of FEAR. This is sich a turn off to religious enrollment. If I cannot believe "freely", why would I believe at all….
I can bet her husband had some influence on her.
Andrea was a time bomb….
All this was present before she had children and Rusty was negligent. He was only thinking of his delusional manhood and religious bs. He wasn't worried about Andreas needs. His religious beliefs didn't agree with meds, so ehy call a doctor at all….
I believe her husband made her feel inadequate and didn't approve of her meds. This women was a bomb waiting go off. It was documented that she had mental health issues, but her husband just kept getting her pregnant because that's what his religious beliefs dictated.
So was the doctor incompetent or the husbands religious beliefs?
Oh my goodness…what professional would say that to a woman who was reaching out for help but was made to feel it was her fault.
This woman was suffering and our justice system and medical professionals, her husband, her church…ALL FAILED HER AND HE CHILDREN.
I don’t think she should have taken all of those weird meds- Wellbutrin and Zoloft?? They like to experiment on psychiatric patients like Guinea pigs
Can we just talk about the fact that they had her on 10 million medications especially the concoction of Zoloft an intravenous concoction and also Wellbutrin are you f**** kidding me
Excellent, compassionate, empathic, insightful! Please keep creating content as it is incredibly helpful to all. Thank you for your good work.