Citation

Shubha NS, Hossain S, Griffiths MD. J. Concurr. Disord. 2022; 4(2): 27-36.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2022, CDS Press)

DOI

10.54127/JGWO8048

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Filicide-suicide is an area of growing interest in the field of forensic psychiatry. Using multiple media reports, the present report describes a case of filicide-suicide in Bangladesh in which a 55-year-old father killed his 14-year-old autistic son by hanging, and then hung himself. The main reason for the suicide appeared to be depression and stress as a result of severe financial problems. A case of filicide-suicide case involving an autistic child has never been reported in Bangladesh, and filicide-suicide by hanging is extremely rare.

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