Filicide: A review of eight years of clinical experience

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 90-94

  Farooque, Rokeya ^a   Ernst, Frederick A ^b  

^a Middle Tennessee Ment Hlth Inst   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Family violence; Filicide; Mental illness; Murder; Psychopathology

Indexed keywords

FILIXIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EXPERIENCE; FAMILY VIOLENCE; FEMALE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; INFANTICIDE; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; VICTIM; ADDICTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; INTELLIGENCE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL RETARDATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 0037271881     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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