{"title":"Twin filicide: a tragedy of postpartum depression with suicidal ideation","authors":"Narges Shaifzadeh, F. Farhoudi, A. Saghebi","doi":"10.1002/pnp.756","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Filicide‐suicide is the killing of a child older than 12 months, followed by parental complete or incomplete suicide. In most cases, the motive of maternal filicide‐suicide is altruistic. This article reports a case of twin filicide by a depressed mother and also highlights the risk of filicide in depressed multiple birth older mothers.","PeriodicalId":43913,"journal":{"name":"Progress in Neurology and Psychiatry","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.3000,"publicationDate":"2022-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Progress in Neurology and Psychiatry","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1002/pnp.756","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"NEUROSCIENCES","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Filicide‐suicide is the killing of a child older than 12 months, followed by parental complete or incomplete suicide. In most cases, the motive of maternal filicide‐suicide is altruistic. This article reports a case of twin filicide by a depressed mother and also highlights the risk of filicide in depressed multiple birth older mothers.
期刊介绍:
Progress in Neurology and Psychiatry is published nine times a year, and is a journal for specialists in secondary care, GPs with an interest in neurology and psychiatry, community psychiatric nurses and other specialist healthcare professionals. Articles cover management, news updates and opinion in all areas of neurology and psychiatry.