Did Mary Lincoln need committal?

[My Name Is Kate]

(06-16-2013 07:22 AM)LincolnMan Wrote:  I deal with this all the time- families have their loved ones involuntarily psychiatrically hospitalized. Families want their loved ones to be safe and get better. Unfortunately, it often is the reality that the mentally ill loved one remains angry and resentful that their families had them committed. Very complex issues, indeed.

This is probably irrelevant to Mary Lincoln's case, but sometimes families have their loved ones involuntarily committed because they themselves have mental issues and are in denial, and may actually be the leading cause of the committed family member's "mental" problems.

Did Robert feel that his siblings, especially Tad, were favored over him? I can't imagine him not having some resentment over that, conscious or not.