Infanticide: Contrasting views

Archives of Women's Mental Health

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 15-24

  Spinelli, M G ^a,b  

^a Department of Neurology and the Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain   (United States)

^b NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender selection; Infanticide; Insanity defense; Postpartum psychosis

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EXPERIENCE; FAMILY VIOLENCE; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANTICIDE; LAW; LEGAL ASPECT; MENTAL DISEASE; MOTHER; PARENTHOOD; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; POLITICS; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRISON; PSYCHOSIS; PUERPERIUM; REVIEW; SEX DETERMINATION; SOCIETY; SOCIOLOGY;

CAPITAL PUNISHMENT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT WELFARE; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANTICIDE; INSANITY DEFENSE; MENTAL COMPETENCY; MENTAL DISORDERS; MOTHERS; PUERPERAL DISORDERS; UNITED STATES; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 21044437373     PISSN: 14341816     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00737-005-0067-y     Document Type: Review

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