Infanticide in a case of folie à deux.
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چکیده
We report a case of infanticide of a 4-month-old infant boy by starvation and dehydration. The parents were both charged with murder. The mother suffered from schizoaffective disorder, and the father was diagnosedwith shared psychotic disorder (folie à deux) by forensic assessment (T.R.). We describe the couple’s history, including a summary of their delusional beliefs, based on police reports, interrogation videos, an autopsy report, psychological tests, and interviews with several family members.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- The American journal of psychiatry
دوره 170 10 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2013