Jonathan Alpert on the legal impact of mental health defenses
He highlighted the defense's strategy of equating postpartum depression with psychosis, which he views as a misrepresentation.
Alpert cautioned that public over-identification with the defendant creates a dangerous precedent. He also pointed out that the actual rate of postpartum psychosis is significantly low, ranging from 0.1% to 2%, suggesting that the defense might be overstating its prevalence to the jury.


