Psychotic Episodes and Family Tragedies: A Closer Look
TL;DR
The children of Chris and Ruth Stone-Houghton, who died in a murder-suicide in 2022, state they do not blame their father, attributing the tragedy to his untreated psychotic depression and failures in mental health support, including premature discharge and lack of access to appropriate care.
Topics:worldhealth#discharge-risk#family-tragedy#health#mental-health#nhs-support#psychotic-depression
- ‘We don’t blame dad for killing mum, he was ill’ BBC
- Husband 'too old' to access psychosis help before couple's death BBC
- Children think Portsmouth dad killed their mother during psychotic episode portsmouth.co.uk
- Man suspected of killing wife ‘released too early from hospital’ The Times
- Man suffered “psychotic episode” before killing wife then himself as claw hammer found by body, coroner rules portsmouth.co.uk
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