title: [Filicide. Killer mothers].
abstract: This paper aims to conduct a literature review of filicide and its various forms, placing the emphasis on the perpetrators, particularly in maternal filicide and the incidence of mental disorders in the perpetrators. It addresses the issue from the perspective of forensic psychiatrists, with input from a synthesis of two clinical trials of women charged for this crime, in which it arrived at the diagnosis of psychosis in one case and Münchausen syndrome in the other.
authors.affiliation: Cuerpo Médico Forense de la Justicia Nacional.
authors.forename: María C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Zazzi
mesh_terms: D006708:Homicide; D006801:Humans; D009035:Mothers; D011618:Psychotic Disorders