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He promptly joined the marines. oswalds marine career ended in 1959 when he was dishonorably discharged. a month later he was in moscow where he announced his decision to renounce his american citizenship. >> are you an marxist? >> i would say that i am a marxist, correct. but that does not mean i am a communist. >> he des bratly wants to become a soviet citizen, renounce his american citizenship. they turn him down? what does he do? slashes his wrists, tries to commit suicide. >> lee harvey osw...

>> i believe that people coming into our system, i think, our are bringing their illness with them. i think that a lot of times they have no structure out in society to make sure theyre taking medications and getting treatment. >> within the residential treatment unit at wabash valley are some of the most violent and disturbed inmates at the facility. once again, with the permission from the prison and mental health staff, as well as the inmates, our cameras return to the rtu where the prisoners...

>> yeah, i did that. >> why? >> because keep the devil away and demons, i put it on me like they will stay away. >> people think this is all an act to get out of that cell? >> i did four months inside of a cell, whats 15 days? >> gregory mclemore has been cleared from the mental health unit and going to be returning to lets go let him know. >> by the following morning, the nurse has informed correctional staff of her conclusion of mclemore, she believes his delusions were fabricated. >> it becam...

Suddenly let down. they can feel depressed. sometimes it can become a major depression that bleeds into a psychotic episode where they have delusions. thats different than a postpartum psychosis, more associated with bipolar. >> so postpartum psychosis is different than postpartum depression with psychosis. >> correct. the last woman i saw was throwing water on people because she believed they were on fire. >> so listening to the sisters, you say theyre very informed about what was going on. >> ...

Her life cut down at the age of 34. >> do you know if when she had episodes in the past what they centered around or what she would talk about in those cases? >> she seemed to be overwhelmed, a lot of stress. she had a lot of events occurring in her life. and she was diagnosed with the depression and with the psychosis. we found out about it. she dealt with that. and there was not moments of her walking around with delusions. thats not what was going on. >> amy and valerie, again im so sorry for...

And please give my condolences to your mother as well. and i wish you peace and strength in the days ahead. before going any further, bears repeating no one can know precisely what motivated miriam carey. that said theres a lot we can know about the illness she had. plenty to ask dr. drew pinsky about addiction specialist and host of "dr. drew on call." the diagnose is. >> postpartum depression is a very common condition. different than the baby blues. its very common after a womans body is fl...

The diagnose is. >> postpartum depression is a very common condition. different than the baby blues. its very common after a womans body is flooded with hormones, suddenly let down. they can feel depressed. sometimes it can become a major depression that bleeds into a psychotic episode where they have delusions. thats different than a postpartum psychosis, more associated with bipolar. >> so postpartum psychosis is different than postpartum depression with psychosis. >> correct. the last woman i...

Stories being told from people who may claim they know her who dont know her. my sister was a loving mother. she was a law abiding citizen. she had no political agenda. and she did not deserve to have her life cut down at the age of 34. >> do you know if when she had episodes in the past what they centered around or what she would talk about in those cases? >> she seemed to be overwhelmed, a lot of stress, had a lot of events occurring in her life, and she was diagnosed with the depression and w...

And there are going to be a lot of different stories being told from people who may claim that they know her who dont know her. my sister was a loving mother. she was a law-abiding citizen. she had no political agenda. and she did not deserve to have her life cut down at the age of 34. >> do you know if when she had episodes in the past what they centered around or what she would talk about in those cases? >> she seemed to be overwhelmed, a lot of stress. she had a lot of events occurring in her...

Mental illness turns out to be the problem many almost all of the episodes of terrible violence that weve witnessed other than terrorism itself, and heres another woman, postpartum depressions very common. it can cause psychosis, especially among people who are vulnerable anyhow to depression. and ive seen people suffering with delusions, paranoia. so the story may well hold together and, sadly, people can become violent in those circumstances. martha: yeah a. and as you point out, you know, thi...