A Qualitative Study of Mentally Ill Women Who Commit Filicide in Gauteng, South Africa

Introduction: Filicide is the deliberate act of a parent killing his/her own child and a major contributor to child homicide rates. In order to prevent future homicides of this nature and aid in the rehabilitation of those mentally ill women who perpetrate these crimes, it is important to gain a bet...

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Main Authors: Sanushka Moodley, Ugasvaree Subramaney, Daniel Hoffman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychiatry
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyt.2019.00757/full