Women who have committed a crime during
a postpartum psychotic episode are entitled to mental health treatment, due process and a fair trial, even when their crimes are horrible to imagine.
In our input to the committee we wrote: We continue to support the recommended addition of a specifier, as it is stated on the DSM 5 website, «With
Postpartum Onset,» that can be applied to a current or most recent Major Depressive Episode, Manic, or Mixed Features in Major Depressive Disorder, Bipolar I Disorder, or Bipolar II Disorder, or to Brief Psychotic Disorder, and that the onset of the episode be extended to within 6 months p
Postpartum Onset,» that can be applied to a current or most recent Major Depressive
Episode, Manic, or Mixed Features in Major Depressive Disorder, Bipolar I Disorder, or Bipolar II Disorder, or to Brief Psychotic Disorder, and that the onset of the episode be extended to within 6 months post
Episode, Manic, or Mixed Features in Major Depressive Disorder, Bipolar I Disorder, or Bipolar II Disorder, or to Brief
Psychotic Disorder, and that the onset of the
episode be extended to within 6 months post
episode be extended to within 6 months
postpartumpostpartum.