Schizophrenia and filicide

Current Women's Health Reviews

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 58-62

  Ostler, Teresa ^a   Kopels, Sandra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Filicide; Guilty but mentally ill; Infanticide; Insanity; Neonaticide; Schizophrenia; Unfit to stand trial

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO PREGNANCY; DEPRESSION; FILIXIC ACID; HUMAN; INFANTICIDE; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; MENTAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SUICIDE;

EID: 77950199778     PISSN: 15734048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/157340410790979761     Document Type: Review

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