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Postpartum Psychosis and the Courts

Melissa L. Nau, Dale E. McNiel and Renée L. Binder
Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online September 2012, 40 (3) 318-325;
Melissa L. Nau
Dr. Nau is Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Dr. McNiel is Professor of Clinical Psychology, and Dr. Binder is Professor of Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco, CA.
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Dale E. McNiel
Dr. Nau is Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Dr. McNiel is Professor of Clinical Psychology, and Dr. Binder is Professor of Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco, CA.
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Renée L. Binder
Dr. Nau is Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Dr. McNiel is Professor of Clinical Psychology, and Dr. Binder is Professor of Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco, CA.
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    Outcomes of Infanticide Cases in States Using M'Naughten (n = 26) or Model Penal Code (n = 7) Standards

    StateOutcome
    M'Naughten states
        AdamsLouisianaConvicted
        AndersonCaliforniaConvicted
        AnfinsonIowaConvicted
        CavanaughCaliforniaNGRI
        ClarkNevadaConvicted
        ComitzPennsylvaniaConvicted
        DeanOhioConvicted
        DiazTexasNGRI
        DuprePennsylvaniaConvicted
        FergusonCaliforniaConvicted
        FuellingCaliforniaNGRI
        GambillIndianaConvicted (GBMI)
        GindorfIllinoisConvicted (GBMI)
        GreenNew YorkNGRI
        LaneyTexasNGRI
        MassipCaliforniaNGRI
        MaxonTexasNGRI
        MolinaCaliforniaNGRI
        ReillyPennsylvaniaConvicted
        SanchezTexasNGRI
        SchlosserTexasNGRI
        Thompson, ACaliforniaNGRI
        ThompsonOhioConvicted
        WilhelmNew YorkConvicted
        YatesTexasNGRI
        YoungOhioConvicted
    Model penal code states
        CurrieMichiganConvicted
        HouseholderWest VirginiaConvicted
        MarchConnecticutConvicted
        MitchellKentuckyConvicted (GBMI)
        PixleyDistrict of ColumbiaNGRI
        RemingtonVermontNGRI
        WhiteIdaho*NGRI
    No insanity defense
        TiffanyIdaho*Convicted
    • NGRI, not guilty by reason of insanity; GBMI, guilty but mentally ill.

    • ↵* Idaho abolished the insanity defense in 1982. Before then, it used the model penal code standard.

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    • Postpartum Disorders: Definition and Epidemiology
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