Parricide: Psychiatric morbidity
INTRODUCTION Parricide is defined as a murder of parents by their children; the patricide is murder of father, while matricide is murder of mother. This entity is classified as homicide, but it differs in the fact that victims are parents and the killers are their children. Mostly, it is associated...
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| author | Dunjić Bojana Marić Nađa Jašović-Gašić Miroslava Dunjić Dušan |
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| description | INTRODUCTION Parricide is defined as a murder of parents by their children; the patricide is murder of father, while matricide is murder of mother. This entity is classified as homicide, but it differs in the fact that victims are parents and the killers are their children. Mostly, it is associated with psychiatric morbidity. OBJECTIVE To describe sociodemographic and psychopathological characteristics of parricide committers and to analyze circumstances of parricide and psychiatric morbidity in order to achieve better recognition and prevention of risks. METHOD This retrospective study included all homicide autopsy records (1991-2005) performed at the Institute of Forensic Medicine, Medical School, University of Belgrade. For further analyses, all parricide records were selected out. The study analyzed all available parameters, which concerned parricide committers, victims and the act itself. Methods of descriptive statistics were used. RESULTS Between 1991 and 2005, there were 948 cases of homicide; of these, 3.5% were parricides. The committers of parricide were on average 31.2±11.9 years old, 87.8% were males, 60.6% with psychiatric symptoms most commonly with schizophrenia, alcohol dependence, personality disorder etc. Victims were on average 63.7±11.9 years old, 54.5% males, and 21.2% had a diagnosed mental illness. CONCLUSION Parricide is a rare kind of homicide accounting for 3% of all homicides. Committers are mostly unemployed males in early adulthood who have mental disorder. The phenomenon of parricide deserves a detailed analysis of the committer (individual bio-psycho-social profile) and the environ- mental factors (family, closely related circumstances) to enable a precise prediction of the act and prevention of the fatal outcome, which logically imposes the need of further studies. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-b8f2a13bc4384e4a87c31b494515495e2022-12-21T23:50:14ZengSerbian Medical SocietySrpski Arhiv za Celokupno Lekarstvo0370-81792008-01-0113611-1263563910.2298/SARH0812635DParricide: Psychiatric morbidityDunjić BojanaMarić NađaJašović-Gašić MiroslavaDunjić DušanINTRODUCTION Parricide is defined as a murder of parents by their children; the patricide is murder of father, while matricide is murder of mother. This entity is classified as homicide, but it differs in the fact that victims are parents and the killers are their children. Mostly, it is associated with psychiatric morbidity. OBJECTIVE To describe sociodemographic and psychopathological characteristics of parricide committers and to analyze circumstances of parricide and psychiatric morbidity in order to achieve better recognition and prevention of risks. METHOD This retrospective study included all homicide autopsy records (1991-2005) performed at the Institute of Forensic Medicine, Medical School, University of Belgrade. For further analyses, all parricide records were selected out. The study analyzed all available parameters, which concerned parricide committers, victims and the act itself. Methods of descriptive statistics were used. RESULTS Between 1991 and 2005, there were 948 cases of homicide; of these, 3.5% were parricides. The committers of parricide were on average 31.2±11.9 years old, 87.8% were males, 60.6% with psychiatric symptoms most commonly with schizophrenia, alcohol dependence, personality disorder etc. Victims were on average 63.7±11.9 years old, 54.5% males, and 21.2% had a diagnosed mental illness. CONCLUSION Parricide is a rare kind of homicide accounting for 3% of all homicides. Committers are mostly unemployed males in early adulthood who have mental disorder. The phenomenon of parricide deserves a detailed analysis of the committer (individual bio-psycho-social profile) and the environ- mental factors (family, closely related circumstances) to enable a precise prediction of the act and prevention of the fatal outcome, which logically imposes the need of further studies.http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/0370-8179/2008/0370-81790812635D.pdfhomicideparricidepsychiatric morbidity |
| spellingShingle | Dunjić Bojana Marić Nađa Jašović-Gašić Miroslava Dunjić Dušan Parricide: Psychiatric morbidity Srpski Arhiv za Celokupno Lekarstvo homicide parricide psychiatric morbidity |
| title | Parricide: Psychiatric morbidity |
| title_full | Parricide: Psychiatric morbidity |
| title_fullStr | Parricide: Psychiatric morbidity |
| title_full_unstemmed | Parricide: Psychiatric morbidity |
| title_short | Parricide: Psychiatric morbidity |
| title_sort | parricide psychiatric morbidity |
| topic | homicide parricide psychiatric morbidity |
| url | http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/0370-8179/2008/0370-81790812635D.pdf |
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