Filicide in offspring of parents with severe psychiatric disorders: A population-based cohort study of child homicide

Journal of Clinical Psychiatry

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 698-703

  Laursen, T M ^a   Munk Olsen, T ^a   Mortensen, P B ^a   Abel, K M ^b   Appleby, L ^b   Webb, R T ^b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FILIXIC ACID; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANTICIDE; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PARENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGISTER; RISK ASSESSMENT; VICTIM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DENMARK; FEMALE; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; INFANT; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PARENTS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 79959214516     PISSN: 01606689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4088/JCP.09m05508gre     Document Type: Article

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