The aftermath: Aspects of recovery described by perpetrators of maternal filicide committed in the context of severe mental illness

Behavioral Sciences and the Law

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 103-112

  Stanton, Josephine ^a   Simpson, Alexander I F ^b  

^a STARSHIP CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRIME; FAMILY RELATION; HATE; HUMAN; INFANTICIDE; MENTAL DISEASE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; REHABILITATION; REVIEW; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SURVIVAL; VICTIM;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AWARENESS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMITMENT OF MENTALLY ILL; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GENDER IDENTITY; GRIEF; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANTICIDE; INSANITY DEFENSE; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; PARENTING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; REPRESSION; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 33645022628     PISSN: 07353936     EISSN: 10990798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bsl.688     Document Type: Review

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