Yates had mental instability during the time she killed her children, and after the birth of her fifth child is when she experienced postpartum depression. After she was in prison, professionals diagnosed her with insanity and postpartum depression. Genetics also played a part since there was a history of mental illness in her family. After the death of her father, she stopped doing everything she normally would do that would take care of her and her kids and Yates had become even more depressed. Yates had not realized how much mental illness there was in her
Referred to as Mr. X, the defendant had a history of childhood problems as well as sexual abuse. When he was in his early teens problems started to arise, he was expelled from school and encountered problems within the Criminal Justice system. Around this point he started to experience symptoms of a mental illness. These symptoms included: depression, lack of sleep, high periods of energy, self mutilation behaviors and suicidal statements. He was diagnosed with Bipolar 1 disorder.
In order for the infant to grow up normally, they should experience a warm, intimate, and continuous relationship with its mother. If a parent fails to do this, it will cause people to be a victim of psychological disorders. Children that have attachment problems may have difficulty concentrating, be impulsive, and experience difficulty in school. A detachment problem has been linked to a lot of antisocial behaviors that includes sexual assault and child abuse. These three theories are alike because all of them starts in early childhood and continues to adulthood.
Building the Bonds of Attachment Awakening Love in Deeply Troubled Children by Daniel Hughes I. Issue of Child Abuse a. Fictional case study of Katie that follows her from birth through eight yrs. b. Parents of Katie—Sally and Mike and their relationship c. Neglect of infant but Sally provides basic needs but not on a regular basis d. Age two—physical abuse of Katie starts with father hitting her and shoving her away and verbal abuse from both parents e. Age three to five—physical and verbal abuse from both parents, Katie is not getting her basic needs meet on a regular basis f. Age five—after a severe beating , neighbor calls police to report and Katie is placed into permanent state custody II. Summary of the book This book follows the neglect and abuse of Katie and is told in story format for parts of the book.
(Freud) Aggressive & violent behaviours? (Observational learning: Abusers - foster parents) From the painful & traumatic childhood Will had, perhaps that was his way of:- getting a sense of power (from the powerless situation he was in with the abuses he had) getting attention( from the neglect & lack of attention he had with foster parents?) indirect, non-verbal “call-out” that he had been tremendously hurt & abused low self efficacy? (Albert Bandura) Q3) To include the following factors: Counselling session with the psychologist & hypnotist To elaborate: Failure of the counselling sessions was not only attributed from the therapists but also from Will who had consciously & deliberately put up resistance, barrier & shield from them getting deeper into his
Sociologically, grieving within families is not an easy task. Each family member reacts to death differently and forces family members to make changes in their lives in order to adjust to life without this family member. Raney and Charles had a hard time accepting the suicide of Uncle Nate. When Charles voiced his opinion that Uncle Nate was clearly depressed, obsessive-compulsive, and crippled from his life experiences, thus needing psychological help in order to heal, Raney took it as an insult. In Raney’s mind, Charles was placing blame on her, her family, and specifically, her mother who spent most of her time taking care of Uncle Nate.
She has experienced traumatic events with her husband and daughters substance abuse. In addition, she was subjected to her husband verbally abusing the children. Recently her grandson who she is raising was arrested for stealing out of the store. She has negated to follow up with the doctor to deal with her mental health and is unknown if she was given a mental health diagnoses. She has a great relationship with one of her daughters while the other child is currently incarcerated.
Neurochemical imbalances were to blame for his condition after years of studying this disorder and his living condition. Ed would see, hear and talk to his mother after her death. Ed Gein’s case of necrophilia and transvestism fetishism is one of the most infamous cases in America. Ed Gein’s mental state arose from the unhealthy emotional attachment he experienced with his mother and how she raised him. Ed Gein had a natural sexual attraction to the opposite sex but remembered how his mother discouraged all sexual desires.
I would describe Gates feeling towards his mother as compassionate. When Gates mother started going through the depression he was hurt as well. He felt “ powerless” because there was nothing he could do about his mothers situation. Due to his mothers sickness he began to withdraw from other kids and he felt devastated. He watched his mother change everyday and go through stages of her depression.
Some that has challenged me for the better and some for the worse. But overall it has advanced me into the woman I have become. This paper will give you a little insight from my childhood, to my adulthood, and give you the chance to learn more about Akeya Davis. Bad experiences I have encounter in my life as a child was my parents being separated. At the age of five years old my parents were drug addicts and always fighting and arguing so they never could agree to be together for me.