title: [Obsession-impulsion infanticide].
abstract: In 1836, the case-history of a young mother, the victim of a phobia of the impulsion to murder her infant. Esquirol considers her case as one of homocidial monomania, and classifies her among psychotic patients who have actually killed.
authors.forename: Michel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gourévitch
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D049672:History, 19th Century; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007237:Infanticide / Q000266:history*; D009035:Mothers / Q000523:psychology; D009770:Obsessive Behavior / Q000266:history; D011618:Psychotic Disorders / Q000266:history*