Maternal depression and filicide - Case study of ten mothers

Archives of Women's Mental Health

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 201-206

  Kauppi, Anne ^a,c   Kumpulainen, Kirsti ^a   Vanamo, Tuija ^a   Merikanto, Juhani ^b   Karkola, Kari ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^c University of Tampere ^*  (Finland)

Author keywords

Child homicide; Depression; Filicide; Postnatal depression; Postpartum depression

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BATTERED CHILD SYNDROME; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANTICIDE; INSOMNIA; IRRITABILITY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NEWBORN; NURSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGIST; PSYCHOSIS; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SUICIDAL IDEATION; WELLBEING;

ADULT; CHILD ABUSE; CRIMINAL PSYCHOLOGY; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANTICIDE; IRRITABLE MOOD; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 47149094424     PISSN: 14341816     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00737-008-0013-x     Document Type: Article

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