Mental Illness and Patricide. A Case Report of Patricide
<p>According to world-wide statistics, schizophrenia is the most common mental illness identified in people who commit this type of murder. Also, there are slight associations between matricide which is often committed by the sons and patricide which is often committed by daughters. Most of th...
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| author | Simona Irina Damian Cristina Gabriela Schiopu Madalina Maria Diac Cristina Furnica Andrei Scripcaru Diana Bulgaru-Iliescu |
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| description | <p>According to world-wide statistics, schizophrenia is the most common mental illness identified in people who commit this type of murder. Also, there are slight associations between matricide which is often committed by the sons and patricide which is often committed by daughters. Most of the perpetrators in cases of parricide are under the age of 30, with adolescents covering a big part of the chart. The age of schizophrenic debut, the psychiatric and social attendance of the patients, the active psychotic symptoms, with hallucinations and paranoid persecution ideas but also, the affective inversion towards close friends and family members are frequently found in people who commit parricide. Also, psychotic symptoms and schizophrenia-like clinical aspects can appear in other mental disorders such as mental retardation, dementia or bipolar disorder. The subject is extremely complex as it has to be understood through the characteristics of the mental illness, the basic family relations, the personality of the victims, and last, but not least, the discernment issue that gives more heaviness to the juridic and social involvements of these cases.</p><p>We hereby present the case of a 17-year-old girl, from the forensic psychiatric board, diagnosed with mental retardation and psychotic symptoms that murdered her father by multiple strikes in vital areas with blunt and sharp objects. We will assess the familial, social and psychological aspects of the case, revealing the implications of mental illness and forensic psychiatry in law enforcement and social services.</p> |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c3e4e1ebd78b433481fefd77d4b461002024-02-01T18:00:44ZengEduSoft publishingBrain: Broad Research in Artificial Intelligence and Neuroscience2067-39572023-12-011441091231250Mental Illness and Patricide. A Case Report of PatricideSimona Irina Damian0Cristina Gabriela Schiopu1Madalina Maria Diac2Cristina Furnica3Andrei Scripcaru4Diana Bulgaru-Iliescu5University of Medicine and Pharmacy ”Grigore T. Popa” Iasi, Romania, Department of Forensic MedicineUniversity of Medicine and Pharmacy” Grigore T. Popa” Iasi, Romania, Department of PsychiatryUniversity of Medicine and Pharmacy ”Grigore T. Popa” Iasi, Romania, Department of Forensic MedicineMorpho-Functional Sciences Department, University of Medicine and Pharmacy Grigore T Popa Iasi, Institute of Legal Medicine Iasi, RomaniaForensic Medicine Sciences Department, University of Medicine and Pharmacy Grigore T Popa IasiUniversity of Medicine and Pharmacy ”Grigore T. Popa” Iasi, Romania, Department of Forensic Medicine<p>According to world-wide statistics, schizophrenia is the most common mental illness identified in people who commit this type of murder. Also, there are slight associations between matricide which is often committed by the sons and patricide which is often committed by daughters. Most of the perpetrators in cases of parricide are under the age of 30, with adolescents covering a big part of the chart. The age of schizophrenic debut, the psychiatric and social attendance of the patients, the active psychotic symptoms, with hallucinations and paranoid persecution ideas but also, the affective inversion towards close friends and family members are frequently found in people who commit parricide. Also, psychotic symptoms and schizophrenia-like clinical aspects can appear in other mental disorders such as mental retardation, dementia or bipolar disorder. The subject is extremely complex as it has to be understood through the characteristics of the mental illness, the basic family relations, the personality of the victims, and last, but not least, the discernment issue that gives more heaviness to the juridic and social involvements of these cases.</p><p>We hereby present the case of a 17-year-old girl, from the forensic psychiatric board, diagnosed with mental retardation and psychotic symptoms that murdered her father by multiple strikes in vital areas with blunt and sharp objects. We will assess the familial, social and psychological aspects of the case, revealing the implications of mental illness and forensic psychiatry in law enforcement and social services.</p>https://www.edusoft.ro/brain/index.php/brain/article/view/1447psychosis, forensic psychiatry, homicide, patricide, mental illness |
| spellingShingle | Simona Irina Damian Cristina Gabriela Schiopu Madalina Maria Diac Cristina Furnica Andrei Scripcaru Diana Bulgaru-Iliescu Mental Illness and Patricide. A Case Report of Patricide Brain: Broad Research in Artificial Intelligence and Neuroscience psychosis, forensic psychiatry, homicide, patricide, mental illness |
| title | Mental Illness and Patricide. A Case Report of Patricide |
| title_full | Mental Illness and Patricide. A Case Report of Patricide |
| title_fullStr | Mental Illness and Patricide. A Case Report of Patricide |
| title_full_unstemmed | Mental Illness and Patricide. A Case Report of Patricide |
| title_short | Mental Illness and Patricide. A Case Report of Patricide |
| title_sort | mental illness and patricide a case report of patricide |
| topic | psychosis, forensic psychiatry, homicide, patricide, mental illness |
| url | https://www.edusoft.ro/brain/index.php/brain/article/view/1447 |
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