AFAIK post-partum depression can be treated just like any other depression. This would however require that some help be available with the children, from family if not spouse. I am speculating here but perhaps this woman (or her husband) did not want to admit that there was a problem and convinced the worker to see things their way. Evidently there was, and the children should have been removed if necessary. Better foster children than dead.
The news stories I have seen don't give me enough information to assess this woman's degree of culpability. SInce I had a mild case of PPD myself, I am inclined to be sympathetic, but my sympathy doesn't extend to these actions. Surely she -- or her husband -- must have had some inckling somewhere along the line that the kids were in danger. Poor things. Dana On Wed, 24 Nov 2004 15:55:03 -0500, Jim Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > But that's exactly my point: I don't think that these things are followed up > on with subsequent children. > > Post Partum Depression (as this case proves) can be very serious and > dangerous - but there seems to be no system in place to do follow ups. This > is in general as well, forget about dropped investigations: if you're > convicted of child abuse you don't have to legally inform anybody when you > get pregnant again. > > But the problem remains: what to do about PPD? Do we lock up the mom until > her hormones balance out? I'm not saying by any means that this was not > preventable, just that the solutions don't seem all that clear to me. > > > > Jim Davis > > -----Original Message----- > From: dana tierney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, November 24, 2004 1:44 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: WTF? > > Well, gee, I think that the conclusion that she did not pose a threat > to her children might possibly have been mistaken. It seems like a > case where you would want to err on the side of caution. Regardless of > why she had the third child... maybe she doesn't believe in > abortion?.... the presence of a newborn should have been a major red > flag. Babies are totally helpless and can't tell anyone that they are > in danger. And I wonder what the husband has to say. > > Dana > > On Wed, 24 Nov 2004 13:18:51 -0500, Jim Davis > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm not sure, but as I read/remember it the episode was in relation to the > > second child, not this (third) one. I thought they had done an > > investigation, labeled it "post partum" and kept her on file. I may very > > well be wrong tho' > > > > That being said if you're a nice, sane person normally and your second > child > > caused post-partum depression (enough to have a psychotic break and nearly > > lose your kids) why in the name of Dog would you have third? > > > > I'm sure there would be privacy issues, but I also think there could be > some > > reasonable way to monitor women with diagnosed PPD and interview/counsel > > them in the event of more children. > > > > All told I'm not sure that anybody has done anything wrong (even the > mother) > > that could have been surely prevented... but a great wrong has been done > and > > I think there may be many ways to address that and prevent future > incidents. > > > > Jim Davis > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: dana tierney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Wednesday, November 24, 2004 1:00 PM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: Re: WTF? > > > > the thing that really got to me was that child protective services > > already *knew* about this family. In my opinion that calls for a > > serious investigation, and probably a firing or two. Who the hell > > allows an innocent 6-day-old child to return to the care of a woman > > who just had a psychotic episode and has other small children to > > boot?????????? > > > > Dana > > > > On Tue, 23 Nov 2004 10:29:59 -0500, Bill Wheatley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > wow. Hopefully i never have to experience something that would drive > > > me to kill my child. Has to suck. 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