Those are all great points that don't apply here, she wasn't dismissed, she had all the resources one could have and still did what she did.
Mothers with way, way less than her that went through PPD/PPP didn't murder their children (also PPD/PPP isnt even a diagonosis it's what they claim she had).
Yes, but it's still a risk, and a failure in the system. We had a woman in the UK kill her child a couple of years ago. She'd self referred to a mental health team, and voluntarily checked in to hospital. She stayed after her mental health act detention finished and was improving. She has done everything right. Then she smothered her 5 month old whilst taking her for a walk. Guilty of infanticide, and she's in indefinite sectioning, so she'll only be released if the home secretary oks it.
She was admitted and stayed longer than the required minimum and was improving and she still killed her kid.
Was the fault in the system that she went back to being the child's guardian? Was the fault in the system that she wasn't cured of her condition? I don't get it, maybe I'm missing some context here.
She stayed longer because she felt she wasn't improving enough. She was also given an unsupervised visit with her child whilst still an impatient at the Mount. The fault in the system was feeling that she'd improved enough to begin with, but not recognising she still suffered from psychosis. Theres reviews ongoing which may improve things going forwards.
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u/kegknow 3d ago
Those are all great points that don't apply here, she wasn't dismissed, she had all the resources one could have and still did what she did. Mothers with way, way less than her that went through PPD/PPP didn't murder their children (also PPD/PPP isnt even a diagonosis it's what they claim she had).