title: A comprehensive typology for the biopsychosociocultural evaluation of child-killing behavior.
abstract: The homicide of children by their parents has been reported across numerous cultural settings around the world and in many historical periods. A comprehensive and systematic understanding of parental child killing can be optimally obtained through a biopsychosociocultural approach. In this article we present the case of a woman who committed neonaticide. We illustrate the cultural formulation of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV) and recommend that this formulation has a central role in the evaluation of cultural factors of parents who kill their children.
authors.affiliation: National Center for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Palo Alto Veterans Health Care System, CA, USA.
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Silva
authors.forename: G B
authors.initials: GB
authors.lastname: Leong
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dassori
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Ferrari
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Weinstock
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D003466:Cultural Characteristics; D005260:Female; D005555:Forensic Psychiatry / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007237:Infanticide / Q000523:psychology*; D009035:Mothers / Q000523:psychology*; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D015406:Single Parent / Q000523:psychology; D012931:Social Environment