Motives for maternal filicide: Results from a study with female forensic patients

International Journal of Law and Psychiatry

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 191-200

  Krischer, Maya K ^a   Stone, Michael H ^b   Sevecke, Kathrin ^a   Steinmeyer, Eckhard M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b Mid Hudson Forensic Psychiatric Hospital ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FILIXIC ACID; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; INFANTICIDE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HOSPITAL; MOTHER; MOTIVATION; NEWBORN DEATH; PSYCHOSIS; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANTICIDE; MALE; MENTALLY ILL PERSONS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTIVATION; NEW YORK;

EID: 34247481330     PISSN: 01602527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijlp.2007.03.003     Document Type: Article

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