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Blasphemy laws and mental illness in Pakistan

There is emerging evidence that individuals who are mentally ill are overrepresented in the group of defendants prosecuted under the blasphemy laws of Pakistan. This article discusses the background of blasphemy legislation in Pakistan, and proposes causal interactions between underlying mental illn...

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Autor principal: Husain, Muzaffar
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Royal College of Psychiatrists 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4067851/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25237489
http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/pb.bp.112.042572