Comments on: Karen McCarron was lucid, doctors say

By: She “wanted a life without autism”: Karen McCarron’s Confession Can Be Shown

Sat, 04 Aug 2007 16:33:25 +0000

[...] emotional state”; in May of this year, doctors ruled that she seemed “lucid.” Wolfe has also argued that showing McCarron’s taped confession would be a violation [...]

By: Amanda

Amanda — Wed, 16 May 2007 20:38:02 +0000

Basically, “psychotic” means “out of touch with reality” in a very particular way. It doesn’t necessarily mean “out of touch with ethical behavior”. To equate the two is to do a grave disservice to people who do have that label psychiatrically. Most killers are not “psychotic” by psychiatric definitions of the word.

By: Amanda

Amanda — Wed, 16 May 2007 19:30:38 +0000

Equating “psychosis” with “violence” is really dangerous and prejudiced.

By: daedalus2u

daedalus2u — Wed, 16 May 2007 17:27:48 +0000

I don’t see anything in what you have written that is inconsistent with acute psychosis. I will be writing a blog shortly about how stress can induce acute psychosis, which in mothers can lead to infanticide.