Forensic psychiatry & mental health law

Psychiatry & Law Radar

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COMPARATIVE STUDY OF SOCIODEMOGRAPHIC, CLINICAL, AND CRIMINOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF MATERNAL NEONATICIDE, INFANTICIDE, AND FILICIDE CASES.

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Maternal child homicide, often treated as a single forensic category, divides in this decade-long national board series into three groups with markedly different psychiatric profiles and responsibility outcomes, giving evaluators a comparative reference point for a rare presentation rather than changing any assessment method.

Arch Womens Ment Health. 2026;29(5).