Mental Health Problems

There are a myriad of mental health problems that unfortunately often lead to arrests for criminal offenses.  However, many of these problems do not have to result in lengthy periods of incarceration, as long as the accused can be properly diagnosed and medicated.  Here are the major mental health problems I have seen firsthand when assisting clients in resolving criminal arrests: 

DEPRESSION 

Depression is typically characterized by a depressed mood or irritable mood, and: 

1. Markedly diminished interest in things normally found pleasurable 
2. Insomnia/hypersomnia
3. Fatigue/loss of energy 
4. Weight loss or weight gain (or nearly daily serious change in appetite) 
5. Observable psychomotor agitation or retardation 
6. Excessive guilt or feelings of worthlessness 
7. Significantly diminished ability to concentrate, and/or 
8. Recurrent thoughts of death or suicidal thoughts/ideation 

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Murder Defense Attorney Lawrenceville

Question: My son in law is incarcerated. The lawyer I was able to get him, since he is on trial for murder and we didn't have any money, said she would take a property in exchange for her services. She got the property, since september she has only been to see him seven times, will not accept his calls, does not return calls from the family or discusses what's going on with his case, other than she negotiated a plea of felony murder if he pleads guilty. He has 3 other co defendents and based on the evidence he was not the murderer. We don't feel that she has done everything in his best interest or defended him to the best of her abilities. What can be done since we don't have any money for a new attorney?

Answer: Request that the judge appoint an attorney to represent him. So, he will be represented by an attorney.

Answered By Lawrence Lewis - Murder Defense Attorney Lawrenceville, Murder Defense Attorneys Atlanta