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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm confused. So she was sick enough and able to articulate/present symptoms in order to get her 12-13 drugs, and admitted to McLean? That much we know is true.

...but she *wasn't* articulating/presenting symptoms in order to get the PPA/PPD diagnosis? So the default conclusion is, welp, doctors got it wrong, she was psychotic, and she should walk after murdering her children?

I think she went to Women & Infants in Providence (and why there, btw - nowhere close to Duxbury?), they told her it was GAD only, and when she was told it wasn't PPA/PPD, she spiraled and that's when she self-presented at McLean. McLean (different health system, BTW) came to a a similar conclusion and released her when they deemed her to not be a danger to herself/anyone else.

I totally agree that nobody in their right mind would do what she did. However - if I'm on that jury (and I live in MA, just not in Plymouth County), [b]I'm having a reallll hard time not trusting the experts that treated her[/b] and going with their assessment as legitimate. I can think that she had MH issues that don't absolve her of what she did or needing to serve justice for what she did.[/quote]

A lot may hinge on your reaction to those experts when they testify. My guess is that a provider who diagnosed her with GAD only, with these results, is going to be quite defensive of that, including in ways that may be turnoffs to a jury.

After all, in the alternate theory, that person has to explain why they did not notice that this woman was a narcissist or a psychopath or whatever else is being speculated here. If that happened, it would be a pretty significant medical mistake itself.

Psychiatric patients in crisis are often routed away from closer hospitals and towards those with beds. I don't find the fact that she want to something other that the closest/closer hospital suspicious in any way.  [/quote]

Re: Providence. She probably wanted to be as far away from her work for various reasons. [/quote]

NO. There is a special treatment facility in providence that is one of the only ones in the country.  It allows a mom to receive treatment alongside her baby.  [/quote]

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