New Info Dena Schlosser

From Star-Telegram.com

John Schlosser did not see the Bible reference as a sign or a comment that Dena would harm the children.  John also told the police that his wife had called to tell him what she had done.  John told KTVT/Channel 11 on Tuesday he can't make the situation make sense.

The point of these posts is to shed some of the stigma on Mental Illness and to start wiping out the idea there Mother love is universal. Since the case of Andrea Yates, I have become very aware of how much ignorance is still around about postpartum depression especially when it becomes profound depression and psychosis.

Many people in the

United States

have ridiculous attitudes about motherhood. Sentimentalized motherhood and childhood innocence have defined motherhood as self-abnegating, domestic, preternaturally attuned to children’s needs and bad mothers fail to fulfill these illusions. Then when a mother is profoundly ill and harms a child the roar will make you deaf. The time after childbirth is a very vulnerable time psychology for women. For about 10% to 15 % of new mothers feelings will escalate into postpartum depression. For women who have eatting disorders, anxiety disorders the postpartum time can be extremely difficult.  Postpartum psychosis affects even a smaller percentage of women, about 1 to 1000. 

There needs to be more consideration of a woman's mental health by the public.

Approaching cases like Dena, Andrea and Deanna as death penalty cases instead of profound mental illness cases doesn't shed light on what to do in the future cases.  It is time for information for the future to do what we can to help women get treatment before it is too late for their children.