A comprehensive typology for the biopsychosociocultural evaluation of child-killing behavior.
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.
Silva
J A
JA
National Center for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Palo Alto Veterans Health Care System, CA, USA.
Leong
G B
GB
Dassori
A
A
Ferrari
M M
MM
Weinstock
R
R
Yamamoto
J
J
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