This story — of the Houston mother who systematically killed her five children ages 6 months to 7 years, and of her husband’s public statement of support for her in the midst of his mindnumbing grief — is unbearably tragic. Andrea Yates suffered from recurrent postpartum depression and had just lost her father several months ago. She did not respond the second time around to the antidepressant medication (unspecified) that had helped her when she had become depressed after she bore her previous child. Now for the potential righteous indignation — was she being treated by a psychiatrist or given an expedient antidepressant prescription by her obstetrician or primary care provider?