Analysis of the relationship between neonaticide and denial of pregnancy using data from judicial files

Vellut, Natacha; Cook, Jon; Tursz, Anne

doi:10.1016/j.chiabu.2012.05.003

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“…Google Scholar ve PubMed veritabanlarýnda 1994-2017 yýllarýný kapsayan, "denial pregnancy", "unpercieved pregnancy", "gebelik inkarý", "fark edilmeyen gebelikler" anahtar kelimeleri ile yapýlan taramada tespit edilen ve tam metnine eriþilebilen yayýnlarýn özeti Tablo 3'te sunulmuþtur (2,4,7,11,12,15,17,19,23,26,28,(30)(31)(32)(33)(34)(35)(36)(37)(38)(39)(40)(41)(42)(43)(44)(45)(46)(47)(48)(49). Bu veriler ýþýðýnda fark edilmeyen gebeliðin her hangi bir kadýnda görülebileceði ve bunun tahmin edilebilirliðinin zor olduðu görülmektedir.…”

Section: Risk Etmenleriunclassified

“…Bebek ölümü söz konusu olduðunda kiþi, yenidoðan bebeðini öldürme suçlamasýyla adli bir sürece maruz kalabilmektedir (36). Saðlýksýz koþullarda ölü olarak bulunan bir bebek akla pekçok soru iþaretleri getirebilmekte, dünyanýn her yerinde deðiþik yargý ve yorumlara sebep olabilmektedir.…”

Section: Fark Edilmeyen Gebeliklerin Adli Yönüunclassified

“…Yakýn zamanda DSM-5'e Stresli Olaylara Verilen Akut Stres Tepkisi olarak girmiþ olan bu tablo "Diðer Özelleþmiþ Disosiyatif Bozukluklar'' Baþlýðý altýnda kategorize edilmiþtir. Bu tabloda amnezi (hatýrlayamama), geçici bilinçsizlik hali, bilinçlilik durumunun kýsýtlýlýðý ve dezorganize davranýþlar görülebilmek-tedir (36).…”

Section: Fark Edilmeyen Gebeliklerin Adli Yönüunclassified

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Unperceived Pregnancies: A Review

Omay¹,

Yazıcı²,

Dönmez³

et al. 2017

J Clin Psy

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Unperceived Pregnancies: A Review

Omay¹,

Yazıcı²,

Dönmez³

et al. 2017

J Clin Psy

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“…We note that Conlon considers 'concealment of pregnancy' as a subtype of a 'concealed pregnancy' category together with 'unconscious and conscious denial' subtypes that correspond to the 'pervasive and affective denial' subtypes of Miller's classification Conlon (2006). Such a subtle distinction in definitions may result in confusion and a clearer nomenclature is recurrently claimed in literature Murphy Tighe and Lalor (2016); Beier et al (2006); Vellut et al (2012).…”

Section: Current Understanding Of Concealment Of Pregnancymentioning

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Evolutionary-rooted models for denial of pregnancy, concealment of pregnancy and pseudocyesis

Sandoz

Wessel

2018

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Women in denial of pregnancy remain unaware of their gravid state. Typically women in labor present to emergency units while attributing their pain to unrelated causes. In higher risk cases, women experience unassisted delivery in a non-hospital setting. In concealment of pregnancy, the woman knows about her pregnancy but keeps it secret for diverse reasons. This induces also a lack of prenatal care and increased perinatal risks for mother and child. Such cases are very challenging to clinicians because of increased medical risk and psychological needs. Better understanding of these psychosomatic disorders is necessary to address the public-health issues raised. In regard to denial and concealment of pregnancy, in which a pregnant woman thinks or says she is not pregnant, pseudocyesis corresponds to the opposite configuration in which a non-pregnant woman believes, claims and presents objective signs to be pregnant. Pseudocyesis takes therefore place in the same psychosomatic issue to be addressed. This paper aims to explain satisfactorily these psychosomatic disorders of gravida status.We consider human reproduction in regard to evolution with emphasis on the various forms of parenting existing among sexually reproducing species. This evolutionary study highlights that for some pregnant women, the forthcoming maternal status may be internally appraised as psychologically-unacceptable because of diverse personalized causes. The ongoing pregnancy enters then into conflict with the intense fears triggered by the promise of motherhood. From this perspective, denial and concealment of pregnancy are satisfactorily explained as transitory means to cope with such an internal conflict by pursuing pregnancy while containing associated fears. In the absence of conflict resolution, the avoidance means is protracted over time, sometimes until an unexpected delivery. Reversely, pseudocyesis is explained as an attempt to obtain a psychologicallyindispensable maternal status in the absence of actual pregnancy. Specific conflict formulations are elucidated for each type of psychosomatic disorder of gravida status considered. These formulations, related to subjective internal appraisals, comply with the huge diversity of causative events reported in literature and specific to each woman concerned. These explanations will help clinicians in caring those high-demanding patients and in exploring individualized causative events of such challenging experiences.

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“…After World War 2, infanticide was further ‘psychiatrized' as denial and/or concealment of pregnancy, a heterogeneous condition occurring in 0.26% of all deliveries [48]. Various mental disorders have been identified in half of the women [49,50,51]. Understanding the psychosocial framework has largely extinguished infanticide as a special delict in criminal law.…”

Section: Out Of Her Mindmentioning

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From Crime to Disease: Laws on Infanticide in the Modern Era

Obladen

2016

Neonatology

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This is the third of three papers investigating the legislative history concerning infanticide. After Antiquity and the Middle Ages, this paper focuses on legislative reforms during the last 400 years. Despite dreadful punishment, the practice remained frequent until safe abortion became available. In the 17th century, the rate of executions of women for this crime was 1 per 100,000 inhabitants. The actual incidence greatly exceeded this figure. The death penalty failed to deter, and punishing fornication promoted rather than prevented infanticide. Well into the 18th century, severely malformed infants were killed. The lung flotation test, albeit unreliable, was used to save the mother from the death penalty. When the motives for infanticide - poverty, shame, despair, and preserving honour - became understood in the late 18th century, the image of the ‘child murderess' changed, and infanticide shifted from constituting a capital crime to a privileged delict. Illegitimate pregnancy was no longer punished, and lying-in hospitals for pregnant unmarried women and foundling hospitals for their children were established. Specific infanticide laws were issued in Prussia in 1756, Britain in 1803, and France in 1811. Once psychosis and denial of pregnancy became understood, severe penalties were no longer issued. The justifications for lenient legislation included social circumstances, difficult proof, and curtailed protection of the newborn due to its illegitimacy, helplessness, and diminished awareness. Thoughts on the limited right to live of newborn infants are still hampering ethical decisions when the beginning and end of life are near each other.

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Analysis of the relationship between neonaticide and denial of pregnancy using data from judicial files

Cited by 52 publications

References 17 publications

Unperceived Pregnancies: A Review

Unperceived Pregnancies: A Review

Evolutionary-rooted models for denial of pregnancy, concealment of pregnancy and pseudocyesis

From Crime to Disease: Laws on Infanticide in the Modern Era

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