Abstract
This article examines the contexts associated with the rare but serious issue of women with schizophrenia who kill their children (filicide). It reviews some of the legal issues that arise in the aftermath of these filicides and discusses therapeutic interventions.
Keywords: Schizophrenia, neonaticide, infanticide, filicide, insanity, unfit to stand trial, guilty but mentally ill
Current Women`s Health Reviews
Title: Schizophrenia and Filicide
Volume: 6 Issue: 1
Author(s): Teresa Ostler and Sandra Kopels
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Keywords: Schizophrenia, neonaticide, infanticide, filicide, insanity, unfit to stand trial, guilty but mentally ill
Abstract: This article examines the contexts associated with the rare but serious issue of women with schizophrenia who kill their children (filicide). It reviews some of the legal issues that arise in the aftermath of these filicides and discusses therapeutic interventions.
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Ostler Teresa and Kopels Sandra, Schizophrenia and Filicide, Current Women`s Health Reviews 2010; 6 (1) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/157340410790979761
DOI https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/157340410790979761 |
Print ISSN 1573-4048 |
Publisher Name Bentham Science Publisher |
Online ISSN 1875-6581 |

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