Children murdered by their mothers in the postpartum period;Tötung des eigenen kindes in der postpartalzeit

Nervenarzt

Volumn 78, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1290-1295

  Trautmann Villalba, P ^a   Hornstein, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Child homicide; Filicide; Infanticide; Neonaticide; Postpartum psychiatric disorders

Indexed keywords

CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; INFANTICIDE; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; PUERPERAL PSYCHOSIS; PUERPERIUM; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ASPECT; SUICIDE;

DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANTICIDE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 36048952771     PISSN: 00282804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00115-007-2355-4     Document Type: Review

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