Gender-specific aspects of female forensic psychiatric evaluation

• Autor(a) principal: Ribeiro, Hewdy Lobo
• Data de Publicação: 2014
• Outros Autores: Renno Junior, Joel, Demarque, Renata, Cavalsan , Juliana Pires, Rocha, Renan, Cantilino, Amaury, Ribeiro , Jerônimo de Almeida Mendes, Valadares, Gislene, Silva, Antônio Geraldo da
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Debates em Psiquiatria (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://revistardp.org.br/revista/article/view/255
• topic: Psiquiatria forense; gênero; avaliação psiquiátrica; Forensic psychiatry; gender; psychiatric evaluation

Forensic psychiatry is the medical specialty that brings together psychiatry and law. With regard to gender-related issues, some topics have been the subject of attention in the academic literature of forensic psychiatry, e.g.: the Maria da Penha law, used mainly to assess psychiatric damage resulting from psychological violence; infanticide, characterized by the puerperal state of the mother; filicide, which may or may not be a result of maternal mental illness; and perinatal mental disorders, especially postpartum dysphoria, perinatal major depression, and postpartum psychosis. Mental health professionals should be alert to the presence of a causal relationship between mental disorders and the mother’s action or omission, as well as her understanding and selfdetermination skills while facing the event.