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Yates, who had a long history of postpartum depression and postpartum psychosis, was initially convicted in 2002 of capital murder and sentenced to life in prison.

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00:00There was a particular patient that Lindsay was on staff when this patient arrived.
00:08It was a patient that arrived to the unit that had plans to harm herself while she was pregnant.
00:15And we had a conversation. Lindsay was brand new.
00:19It was the summer that she had just started.
00:23And we had a conversation about mental health in pregnancy and postpartum.
00:29And I asked her if she had ever heard of the Andrea Yates case, and she hadn't.
00:37And I explained that to her, and she cried.
00:41And she said, how could a mother hurt her children?
00:49All set.
00:51Homo?
00:52No.
00:53Let me sit down. Thank you.
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