TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2010//
TI  - Maternal filicide and mental illness in Italy: A comparative study
JO  - Journal of psychiatry and law
A1  - McKee, G.R.
A1  - Bramante, A.
SP  - 271
EP  - 282
VL  - 38
IS  - 3
N2  - This retrospective records review study of maternal filicide in Italy compared the demographic, historical, clinical, victim, and offense/forensic characteristics of mothers with (MI) and without (NMI) severe mental illness. MI mothers were found to be older, married, more intelligent, and unemployed at the time of their crime. They were more likely to be in psychiatric outpatient treatment and to have a history of suicide attempts. NMI mothers were more likely to have given birth in a nonhospital setting and to have a younger-aged victim. MI mothers were more likely to have confessed to their crime, but at trial almost all were acquitted by reason of insanity. Implications of the data for treatment planning and prevention are discussed. © 2010 by Federal Legal Publications, Inc.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0093-1853
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/009318531003800303
ID  - ref1
ER  -