Psychiatrists' knowledge about maternal filicidal thoughts

Comprehensive Psychiatry

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 106-110

  Friedman, Susan H ^a,b   Sorrentino, Renee M ^b   Stankowski, Joy E ^a   Holden, Carol E ^c   Resnick, Phillip J ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Center for Forensic Psychiatry   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; MALE; MATERNAL FILICIDE; MOTHER; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PSYCHIATRIST; PSYCHOSIS; RESIDENT; SUICIDE; TEACHING HOSPITAL; THINKING;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTHERS; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; PSYCHIATRY; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 36549010425     PISSN: 0010440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2007.07.001     Document Type: Article

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