TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2012//
TI  - Commentary: postpartum psychosis, infanticide, and insanity--implications for forensic psychiatry
JO  - The journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law
A1  - Friedman, Susan Hatters
A1  - Sorrentino, Renée
SP  - 326
EP  - 332
VL  - 40
IS  - 3
N2  - Two dozen nations have infanticide laws that decrease the penalty for mothers who kill their children of up to one year of age. The United States does not have such a law, but mentally ill mothers may plead not guilty by reason of insanity. As in other crimes, in addition to the diagnosis of a mental disorder, other factors, such as knowledge of wrongfulness and motive, are critical to the assessment. Postpartum psychosis has been described for 2,000 years and modern science supports a genetic component to the risk. Yet, the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders does not include it as a diagnosis, leading to difficulty in testimony. In this article, we discuss postpartum psychosis, infanticide law, and research regarding mothers who kill, and we make recommendations to forensic psychiatrists.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1093-6793
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -