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 Insight Magazine's Coverage of Andrea Yates

Andrea Yates’ crime shocked the nation. Did mind-altering drugs prescribed to treat her depression actually drive this young mother of five to drown the children she loved?  Click here for full article in Insight Magazine.

Maxine Hayden writes to congratulate Insight and Kelly Patricia O’Meara for courageous coverage of the Andrea Yates tragedy with this article.

At the very least the professional treatment she was given is questionable.

NAMI National Director and NAMI Texas President issue a statement on the Andrea Yates Sentencing.

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Finally, below is Linda Valentine's letter to Insight:

Hello,


My name is Linda Valentine and I am an active member of Support Coalition International (MindFreedom.org) and RAPS/Relatives & Allies of Psychiatric Survivors, Branch of MindFreedom.

I am thanking you for all the members in our groups for the fine article in In-Sight Magazine regarding Andrea Yates.

All of us know exactly what that poor woman went through. We have loved ones who are damaged by these drugs and we deal one on one with the withdrawal symptoms that can at times be so bizarre no one would believe it.

What she did doesn't surprise me at all and all the others who have been poisoned by psychiatrists and the pharmaceutical industries. They are all labeled "Mentally Ill" when in fact if they ever even had "Mental Illness" no one addressed it but did drug them to oblivion and damage these humans sometimes forever. My son is an example of 31 drugs pumped into him by various quacks (some could not speak english) just because they have the power to hurt and drug people against their will.

You did a fine job and someday maybe you will find the time to expose for all of us the damages that we have lived through, are living through, etc.

It never ends. Our situation has been going on since 1995 and I get to watch my son twitch, rock-in-place and wet. It is horrifying! If you have children and you did the best you could and they seemed to be normal with minor growing problems let me tell you that when the "system" gets through with them the person is destroyed, the family is destroyed and life is never good again just knowing they are hurting countless numbers of others each and everyday and getting away with it.

Sincerely,
Linda Valentine (Mother of Chris, DAMAGED BY NEUROLEPTICS)

RELATIVES & ALLIES OF PSYCHIATRIC SURVIVORS
LINDA VALENTINE
6658 Mt.Holly Drive
San Jose, Ca. 95120
RAPS/Relatives & Allies of Psychiatric Survivors! 
Branch of Support Coalition International/MindFreedom.org
http://lindval.tripod.com/BrainDamage.html

SUPPORT COALITION INTERNATIONAL
MINDFREEDOM/DENDRON
http://www.MindFreedom.org Website
David Oaks, Coordinator (dendron@efn.org)
454 Willamette #218
Eugene, Oregon 97440-3484
541-345-9106
541-345-3737-Fax

Mirabilis LTD. - Linda 
Valentine's 
Personal ICQ Web-Page
ICQ#12526022 
Member of Yahoo (lindaraps97@yahoo.com)
DR. KEVIN McCREADY & DR. MARK D. POPPER
SAN JOAQUIN PSYCHOTHERAPY CENTER (Testimony Witness Experts)
3114 WILLOW AVE, SUITE #102
CLOVIS, CA. 93612-4714
559-292-7572 OR FAX:559-292-7582
http://www.breggin.com/sjpc.html

Dr.Fred Baughman, Neurologist
WITNESS EXPERT TESTIMONY

35 YEARS WORKING WITH "REAL DISEASES"
1303 Hidden Mt. Drive
El Cajon, CA. 92019
ADHD-FRAUD WEBSITE:
http://home.att.net/~Fred-Alden/
619-440-8236
619-442-1932/FAX
619-272-8779
EMAIL: fred-alden@worldnet.att.net

Dr. Lee Coleman, Psychiatrist 
Witness Expert
1889 Yosemite Rd.
Berkeley, CA. 94707
510-527-7512
510-527-3148/Fax

Dr. John Friedberg, Neurologist
Witness Expert
3000 Colby #305
Berkeley, CA.
510-644-2282
510-644-1744/Fax
http://www.idiom.com/~drjohn/jmf1.html

NARCANON INTERNATIONAL 
7060 HOLLYWOOD BLVD. SUITE 220
LOS ANGELES, CA 90028
PHONE: 323-962-2404 FAX: 323-962-6872
EMAIL: rehab@narcanon.org
http://www.narcanon.org/  
NARCANON-QUEBEC-CANADA ALSO DETOX FOR NEUROLEPTICS
Julia Morin (SYNERGY GROUP OF CANADA/TRUE HOPE)
julia@truehope.com http://www.truehope.com 1-877-588-8705 or
Marcel Gemme/Narcanon 1-877-782-7409

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