Child murder committed by severely mentally ill mothers: An examination of mothers found not guilty by reason of insanity: 2005 Honorable mention/Richard Rosner award for the best paper by a fellow in forensic psychiatry or forensic psychology

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1466-1471

  Friedman, Susan Hatters ^a   Hrouda, Debra R ^a   Holden, Carol E ^b   Noffsinger, Stephen G ^a   Resnick, Phillip J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

^b Center for Forensic Psychiatry   (United States)

Author keywords

Child homicide; Filicide; Forensic science; Infanticide; Parenting

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALTRUISM; AUDITORY HALLUCINATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEATH; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCEST; INFANTICIDE; LOVE; MENTAL DISEASE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIST; PUERPERAL PSYCHOSIS; PUERPERIUM; RISK ASSESSMENT; STRESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD CUSTODY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; FEMALE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HALLUCINATIONS; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INSANITY DEFENSE; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MENTALLY ILL PERSONS; METHODS; MICHIGAN; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHERS; MOTIVATION; OHIO; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 27844501585     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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