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Arch Womens Ment Health ; 22(1): 159-164, 2019 02.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-29796966

ABSTRACT

This study aims to identify differences between single and repeat perpetrators of filicide by using register-based data. The study used register-based, comprehensive, nationwide data from both Austria and Finland. The current study covers 23 perpetrators, 20 single and 3 repeat perpetrators, with a total of 28 victims. All victims had a maximum age of 24 h and all perpetrators were women. Every third victim of neonaticide was a victim of a repeat case. The repeat perpetrators were older; had a higher number of children over their lifespan, some of whom lived with them; were more likely to live within established family structures; had higher levels of education and employment; had a higher proportion of personality disorders; and were more likely to identify stress factors during pregnancy. One unexpected finding was low levels of awareness about pregnancy within the perpetrator's circle remain a risk factor, especially for repeat perpetrators. Arguably, the quality of interpersonal relationships these women have may be affected by their own mental health issues and life experience and vice versa.


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Infanticide/statistics & numerical data , Mothers/psychology , Adult , Austria , Female , Finland , Humans , Infant, Newborn , Personality Disorders/epidemiology , Pregnancy , Pregnancy, Unwanted/psychology , Registries , Risk Factors , Young Adult
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Arch Womens Ment Health ; 22(5): 569-573, 2019 10.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-30357472

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Pregnancy and motherhood are often presented as natural and unproblematic for women. The fact that there are some women who engage in violent behaviour towards their unborn child suggests that motherhood is not as unproblematic as we are led to believe. This paper presents six previously unpublished cases of foetal abuse that is physical assaults on the foetus by the mothers themselves, and examines how the prevailing myth of the good mother might be further endangering mothers and their unborn children. So far, the research suggests there are some common, possibly co-occurring, features that might be an antecedent to foetal abuse: unplanned pregnancies, prior mental health issues in the mother, trauma, pregnancy denial up to 20 weeks or until birth, and ideation of harm correlated to in utero movements.


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Denial, Psychological , Fetus , Infanticide/psychology , Mental Disorders/complications , Mothers/psychology , Pregnancy, Unplanned , Pregnant Women/psychology , Female , Humans , Infant, Newborn , Mental Disorders/psychology , Pregnancy
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