@article{ref1,
title="Murder, mercury, mental illness: infanticide in nineteenth-century Ireland",
journal="Irish journal of medical science",
year="2007",
author="Kelly, Brendan D.",
volume="176",
number="3",
pages="149-152",
abstract="BACKGROUND: Infanticide has been described in almost every human society. AIMS: To present a case of infanticide from nineteenth-century Ireland and explore related diagnostic, therapeutic and judicial issues. METHODS: This paper uses original archival material from the Central Mental Hospital, Dublin to present a case of infanticide and inform an exploration of related issues. RESULTS: In 1892, 'Dora', a thirty-four year old servant from Dublin, was found guilty of the murder of her eight-month old child and sentenced to indefinite detention at the Central Mental Hospital, Ireland's only inpatient forensic psychiatry facility. The subsequent experiences of Dora (&quot;a case of melancholia&quot;) illustrate many of the diagnostic, therapeutic and judicial issues surrounding infanticide in nineteenth-century Ireland. CONCLUSIONS: There were strong links between social circumstances and infanticide in nineteenth-century Ireland, compounded by myriad diagnostic and therapeutic challenges associated with forensic psychiatric committal and lengthy detention in poorly-therapeutic facilities .<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0021-1265",
doi="10.1007/s11845-007-0045-7",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11845-007-0045-7"
}