Mothers who killed or attempted to kill their child: Life circumstances, childhood abuse, and types of killing

Violence and Victims

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 219-239

  Haapasalo, Jaana ^a   Petäjä, Sonja ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; CHILD ABUSE; FEMALE; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; INFANTICIDE; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MOTHER; PSYCHOSIS; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; STRESS; SUICIDE;

EID: 0032710630     PISSN: 08866708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1891/0886-6708.14.3.219     Document Type: Article

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