Perinatal mental health and the justice delivery system in India.
| Autor: | Behl R; Research Scholar, Symbiosis International (Deemed) University, Pune, India; Assistant Professor, Alliance School of Law, Alliance University, Bengaluru, India., Nemane V; Assistant Professor, Symbiosis Law School, Pune, Symbiosis International (Deemed) University, Pune, India. |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Zdroj: | The Medico-legal journal [Med Leg J] 2023 Jun 15, pp. 258172231180094. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Jun 15. |
| DOI: | 10.1177/00258172231180094 |
| Abstrakt: | On 20 April 2022 the Sessions Court of Greater Mumbai sentenced a postpartum depressed woman to lifetime imprisonment for abandoning and murdering her twin girl child ( In re: The State of Maharashtra ). In the absence of a diagnosis or treatment for postpartum depression at the time when the crime was committed, a plea of insanity was denied. This article considers how the absence of services for perinatal mental health in India may challenge the delivery of criminal justice in cases of infanticide. |
| Databáze: | MEDLINE |
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