Insanity and Filicide: Women Who Murder Their Children. American Journal of psychiatry. Published in 1996.
Her complaints during her prior hospitalizations included command hallucinations
(which told her to kill herself), depression, agitation, and paranoid
delusional ideation. She was being followed by Community Mental Health and
was taking antipsychotic medication at the time of the murder.
The defendant was evaluated on the issue of legal insanity approximately
five months after the murder. At this time, she described the voices as suggesting
that she kill her daughter and indicating that her daughter would be
better off and happier dead.
Antipsychotic Drugs and their Side-Effects - Department of Psychiatry,
Charing Cross and Westminster Medical School, London. Published 1993
"Haloperidol decanoate should be given every 4 weeks. Dosage requirements
vary widely."
In a prospective inpatient study, the safety of
clozapine and haloperidol were assessed weekly for
the first 18 weeks of treatment, followed by monthly
monitoring. The rate of hepatic enzyme elevation
(alkaline phosphatase [ALP], alanine transaminase
[ALT], aspartate aminotransferase [AST], gammaglutamyl
transpeptidase [GGT]) of greater than or
equal to twice the ULN was higher with clozapine
(37%) compared with haloperidol (17%). Most elevations
were observed within the first 6 weeks of treatment;
over 60% returned to normal within 13 weeks of
continued treatment
