title: Attempted murder of a newborn: a case history.
abstract: In this report we have examined the evaluation of a teenage mother who has attempted murder of her newborn. We have also assessed her for competency to mother the infant she attempted to murder and reassessed the outcome a year later. We argued in this case that with sufficient supervision and psycho-social counselling she could be given the possibility of parenting her infant. Upon follow-up a year later we found the child and mother to be supported within an extended family group and the mother managing the needs of her infant.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, University Hospital, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Cherland
authors.forename: P C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Matthews
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D003674:Defense Mechanisms; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007237:Infanticide; D007872:Legal Guardians; D009034:Mother-Child Relations