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  1. 01-08-2021 | Infanticide | OriginalPaper

    Infanticide, neonaticide, and post-neonaticide: racial/ethnic disparities in the United States.

    This study aims to assess recent trends and characteristics for infanticide and the sub-groups: neonaticide and post-neonaticide during the time period 2003–2017. Multiple Cause-of-Death Mortality Data were used to identify infanticides in the …

  2. Open Access 13-12-2023 | Infanticide | Online First

    A case–control study of filicide/infanticide in 90 mothers

    This study aims to explore the clinical and socio-demographic characteristics of 30 women who committed filicide and compare them to those of 60 postpartum women who did not commit filicide, including 30 with severe postpartum mental illness and …

  3. 01-02-2019 | OriginalPaper

    Infanticide and American criminal justice (1980–2018)

    Maternal infanticide, or the murder of a child in the first year of life by its mother, is a subject both compelling and repulsive. The victim is innocent, but the perpetrator may be a victim too. In the USA, mentally ill women who commit …

  4. Open Access 01-12-2016 | OriginalPaper

    Attempted infanticide and suicide inaugurating catatonia associated with Hashimoto’s encephalopathy: a case report

    Catatonia is a neuropsychiatric syndrome with motor and behavioural symptoms occurring in approximately 8 % of patients admitted for psychiatric illness such as schizophrenia or mood disorders [ 1 ]. Seven to 45 % of catatonias are “organic …

  5. 01-05-2005 | OriginalPaper

    Infanticide: contrasting views

    Background: The subject of infanticide is met with complex reactions. Paradoxically, the very same society that practices gender selection may also prosecute a mother for killing an infant. The author reviews historical, cultural, and political …

  6. 01-12-1998 | OriginalPaper

    Infanticide: Sociobiographical background and motivational aspects

    As part of an interdisciplinary project, all deaths of infants and juveniles examined at the Institute of Forensic Medicine at the University of Bonn between 1970 and 1993 were reevaluated to determine the cause and circumstances of death, with a …

  7. 01-01-2005 | OriginalPaper

    Three subsequent infanticides covered up as SIDS

    Within a period of 9 years a young woman lost 3 daughters during infancy and each time death was attributed to the sudden infant death syndrome. The children had different fathers and died at the ages of 11 weeks, 7 weeks and 2 weeks …

  8. 01-02-2003 | Legacy

    Infanticide. Psychosocial and Legal Perspectives on Mothers Who Kill

  9. 01-09-2007 | OriginalPaper

    Murder, mercury, mental illness: infanticide in nineteenth-century Ireland

    Infanticide is the killing of an infant [ 1 ]. Cases of infanticide are described in almost every human society for which there is recorded history [ 2 ] and appear in the mythology, folklore and literatures of myriad cultures [ 3 ]. Societal …

  10. 01-12-2013 | OriginalPaper

    Infanticide from intentional choking: the use of evaluating older cases

  11. 01-12-2007 | OriginalPaper

    The Ethics of Birth and Death: Gender Infanticide in India

    This paper discusses the persistent devaluation of the girl child in India and the link between the entrenched perception of female valuelessness and the actual practice of infanticide of girl babies or foetuses. It seeks to place female …

  12. 23-04-2024 | Infanticide | Online First

    The criminalization of women with postpartum psychosis: “a call for action” for judicial change

    The purpose of this paper is a “call for action” to promote postpartum criminal laws in general and within individual cases as they arise in the U.S. and abroad. Likewise, it is to campaign for the inclusion of postpartum psychosis as a diagnostic …

  13. Open Access 15-02-2024 | Infanticide | Online First

    Domestic violence as a risk factor of maternal filicide

    Domestic violence (DV) is a highly correlated risk factor of maternal filicide and should potentially be viewed as a precursor (Friedman et al. 2005 ). Infanticide is the murder of an infant under 1 year old, whereas filicide refers to the death of …

  14. 21-11-2023 | Affective Disorder | Online First

    Judicial interface with perinatal depression in India: an empirical analysis and thematic review of published judgments

    In the absence of health law policies focused on perinatal depression (PND) in India, it has primarily remained a biomedical research matter instead of being understood from the human rights perspective. Also, the interplay between PND and the …

  15. Open Access 29-09-2023 | OriginalPaper

    Assessing the morphology and bone mineral density of the immature pars lateralis as an indicator of age

    Age estimation is crucial when the state of personhood is a mitigating factor in the identification of immature human remains. The maturation sequence of immature bones is a valuable alternative to dental development and eruption standards.

  16. 01-12-2023 | ReviewPaper

    The Role of Pediatricians in Recognizing Postpartum Depression and/or Psychosis

    There is a high incidence of maternal mental health conditions within the perinatal period, with up to 1 in 7 expectant mothers, and as many as 1 in 5 new mothers, experiencing illness [ 1 •]. While many women experience mild and transient …

  17. 26-04-2023 | Infanticide | Online First

    Intrafamilial Child Homicide: an Umbrella Review of Systematic Reviews

    Child homicide—the intentional killing of a child younger than 18 years of age—is the most extreme form of violence against children and something far beyond tragic, with serious consequences for families and communities (Frederick et al., 2019 ; …

  18. 08-03-2023 | Infanticide | OriginalPaper

    Filicide by mentally ill maternal perpetrators: a longitudinal, retrospective study over 30 years in a single Northern Italy psychiatric-forensic facility

    Characterization of mentally ill maternal perpetrators of filicide assigned to a single psychiatric-forensic facility, including previous access to mental health services. A cross-sectional, retrospective analysis of medical records and legal …

  19. 09-04-2024 | Suicide | Online First

    Risk factors of suicide in prisons: a comprehensive retrospective cohort study in France, 2017–2020

    More than 10 million people were in prison worldwide in 2021 [ 1 ]. Suicide is a leading cause of death in prison and the suicide rates are several times higher in the prison population than in the general population in many countries [ 2 – 4 ].

  20. Open Access 19-08-2023 | ReviewPaper

    Pregnancy Denial: Toward a New Understanding of the Underlying Mechanisms

    The acceptance of the state of being pregnant, the attachment to the fetus, preparatory activities, and a realistic perception of the newborn are all part of normal adjustments to pregnancy [ 1 ]. Some women, however, remain unaware of being …

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