June 17, 1999 – Overdoses on Trazodone, a medication used to treat depression, and is admitted to Methodist Hospital psychiatric unit where she is diagnosed with a major depressive disorder. July 21, ...

Several states are considering a ban on capital punishment for people with mental illnesses or brain injuries. By Shaila Dewan Judge Morris B Hoffman and Prof Stephen J Morse Op-Ed supports sensible ...

Last week, a Houston jury found Andrea Yates guilty of capital murder for drowning her children. Two days later, that same jury sentenced Yates to life in prison. This is a textbook example of how ...

A mother who drowned her five children, convinced they were "doomed to perish in the fires of hell", now resides in a mental health facility, where she engages in two poignant pastimes. Andrea Yates, ...

July 3 -- In the wake of the Texas tragedy in which Andrea Yates allegedly drowned all five of her young children, many are left wondering what happened to this woman and her family. Yates' husband, ...

The reversal of the Andrea Yates murder convictions drew international media attention, but virtually none of it touched on the controversy over the hard-line judge who wrote the opinion: former ...

Our cover story on Andrea Yates drew more than 600 intense responses. Many readers condemned Yates's murderous act but sympathized with her circumstances. "Have we romanticized motherhood so much that ...

March 19, 2006 — -- Russell Yates got married this weekend on a gray, cloudy afternoon, just days before the start of his ex-wife Andrea's second trial in the drowning deaths of their five ...