Mothers who kill: cross-cultural patterns in and perspectives on contemporary maternal filicide.
نویسنده
چکیده
منابع مشابه
Filicide: Mental Illness in Those Who Kill Their Children
BACKGROUND Most child victims of homicide are killed by a parent or step-parent. This large population study provides a contemporary and detailed description of filicide perpetrators. We examined the relationship between filicide and mental illness at the time of the offence, and care received from mental health services in the past. METHOD All filicide and filicide-suicide cases in England a...
متن کاملFilicide: Needing Psychiatrists' Attention
psychiatrists' attention on the crucial importance of the association between maternal filicide and their mental health, which is being still neglected and not extensively investigated by a nation-based medico-legal system. Maternal filicide is defined as child murder by the mother and is a multifaceted phenomenon with various causes (cultural background, economics , unwanted/unexpected pregnan...
متن کاملAnalysis of the Maternal Filicide in Terms of Forensic Medicine in Turkey: A Clinical Research.
INTRODUCTION In the literature, 15% of the victims of homicide consists of children under 16 years of age; children under the age has been proved that they have the maximum risk. The vast majority of the victims were killed by their mothers. Thus, if mothers are the perpetrators of crime child murders are discussed in different ways, so it is conceptualized under the name of maternal filicide i...
متن کاملRelationships of Hofstede's Cultural Dimensions and Lactation Patterns in Lactating Mothers
Background: Exclusive breastfeeding is the best pattern for feeding infants in the first 6 months of life. On the other hand, lactation patterns may be influenced by cultural factors. The present study aimed to determine relationships of Hofstede's cultural dimensions and lactation patterns in lactating mother. Material...
متن کاملA closer look at depression in mothers who kill their children: is it unipolar or bipolar depression?
OBJECTIVE The purpose of this retrospective study was to investigate the prevalence of bipolar depression and differentiate the factors that could predict bipolar disorder among filicidal depressive mothers. METHOD Among the offenders who were sentenced to undergo treatment at the National Institute of Forensic Psychiatry, Gongju, Korea, for committing filicide or attempting filicide during 1...
متن کاملذخیره در منابع من
با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید
برای دانلود متن کامل این مقاله و بیش از 32 میلیون مقاله دیگر ابتدا ثبت نام کنید
ثبت ناماگر عضو سایت هستید لطفا وارد حساب کاربری خود شوید
ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- International journal of law and psychiatry
دوره 26 5 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2003