title: Attempted Serial Neonaticides: Case Report and a Brief Review of the Literature.
abstract: Neonaticide is an infant murder occurring on the day of birth. The case reports found in the literature are often focused on the mother as the agent in the context of pregnancy denial, dissociative symptoms, or psychosis. However, this report describes a rare case of attempted serial neonaticides, in which the acts were committed by a nurse at the nursery of a referral hospital in Brazil. The authors describe a forensic psychiatric evaluation for criminal responsibility and correlate the information from this particular case with relevant forensic themes, namely neonaticide, Munchausen by proxy syndrome, and serial healthcare killers.
authors.affiliation: Instituto Psiquiátrico Forense Maurício Cardoso, Avenida Diário de Notícias n 200, Room 909, PO Box 90810080, Porto Alegre, Brazil.|Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Rua São Manoel, 963- Rio Branco, Porto Alegre - RS, 90620-110, Brazil.
authors.forename: Alcina Juliana Soares
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Barros
authors.affiliation: Instituto Psiquiátrico Forense Maurício Cardoso, Avenida Diário de Notícias n 200, Room 909, PO Box 90810080, Porto Alegre, Brazil.|Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Rua São Manoel, 963- Rio Branco, Porto Alegre - RS, 90620-110, Brazil.
authors.forename: Regis Goulart
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Rosa
authors.affiliation: Instituto Psiquiátrico Forense Maurício Cardoso, Avenida Diário de Notícias n 200, Room 909, PO Box 90810080, Porto Alegre, Brazil.|Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Rua São Manoel, 963- Rio Branco, Porto Alegre - RS, 90620-110, Brazil.
authors.forename: Lisieux Elaine de Borba
authors.initials: LE
authors.lastname: Telles
authors.affiliation: Instituto Psiquiátrico Forense Maurício Cardoso, Avenida Diário de Notícias n 200, Room 909, PO Box 90810080, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
authors.forename: José Geraldo Vernet
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Taborda
mesh_terms: D000987:Antisocial Personality Disorder / Q000523:psychology; D001938:Brazil; D005260:Female; D005555:Forensic Psychiatry; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007237:Infanticide / Q000523:psychology*; D007406:Interview, Psychological; D016735:Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy / Q000523:psychology; D000072221:Nurses, Neonatal / Q000523:psychology*; D011041:Poisoning / Q000523:psychology
keywords: antisocial personality disorder; borderline personality disorder; forensic science; munchausen by proxy; neonaticide; psychopathy; serial healthcare killers