title: ["I have killed my child". Experiences with severe depression in mothers after sudden infant death from the psychiatric and legal medicine viewpoint].
abstract: Grief and depressive syndrome belong to normal reaction by parents after a sudden infant death (SID). In the following we report on two cases from the point of view of psychiatry and forensic medicine in which, subsequent to SID, mothers reacted with extremely grave depression and accused themselves of having killed the child. Furthermore, some recommendations are given for the care of parents affected.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Rechtsmedizin der Universität Göttingen.
authors.forename: K S
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Saternus
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Thiel
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kastner-Voigt
mesh_terms: D003702:Delusions / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D003865:Major Depressive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D005104:Expert Testimony / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D005260:Female; D006117:Grief; D006167:Guilt; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007237:Infanticide / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000523:psychology; D008297:Male; D009035:Mothers / Q000523:psychology*; D010343:Patient Admission; D013398:Sudden Infant Death
vernacular_title: "Ich habe mein Kind getötet". Erfahrungen mit schweren Depressionen bei Mütten nach Plötzlichem Kindstod aus psychiatrischer und rechtsmedizinischer Sicht.