Mentally ill mothers who have killed: Three cases addressing the issue of future parenting capability

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 650-657

  Jacobsen, Teresa ^a,b   Miller, Laura J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b Institute for Juvenile Research   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CUSTODY; FEMALE; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; INFANTICIDE; MENTAL DISEASE; MOTHER; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0031970162     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ps.49.5.650     Document Type: Article

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