HOMICIDE-SUICIDE ATTEMPTS BY DEPRESSED IN PATIENTS - FORENSIC AND THERAPEUTIC ASPECTS IN 3 CLINICAL CASES

Citation
M. Wolfersdorf et al., HOMICIDE-SUICIDE ATTEMPTS BY DEPRESSED IN PATIENTS - FORENSIC AND THERAPEUTIC ASPECTS IN 3 CLINICAL CASES, Psychiatrische Praxis, 24(6), 1997, pp. 270-274
Citations number
32
Journal title
ISSN journal
03034259
Volume
24
Issue
6
Year of publication
1997
Pages
270 - 274
Database
ISI
SICI code
0303-4259(1997)24:6<270:HABDIP>2.0.ZU;2-I
Abstract
Despite of the frequency of depressive disorders among the population, forensic aspects of depression are rare and usually focussed on suici dal behaviour, especially the so-called homicide-suicide (homicide fol lowed by suicide). Today therapeutic strategies are seen in the first stage of dealing with depressed homicide-suicide attempters. Apart fro m the question of guilt with regard to the homicidal act, the question of recurrence of depression and the danger of a possibly repeated hom icidal-suicidal behaviour are discussed in the light of three clinical cases.