A study of 10 men charged with patricide.
Publication/Presentation Date
9-1-1985
Abstract
The authors reviewed the records of 10 men charged with patricide, including one charged with double parricide, all of whom had been examined at the Forensic Psychiatry Service of Bellevue Hospital from 1970 to 1983. Prior psychoses were documented in all subjects; nine were referred to as delusional. Four perceived their fathers as having posed threats of physical or psychological annihilation to them, and five saw paternal threats to their manhood. The 10th man allegedly killed his father during a drunken brawl.
Volume
142
Issue
9
First Page
1089
Last Page
1092
ISSN
0002-953X
Published In/Presented At
Cravens, J. M., Campion, J., Rotholc, A., Covan, F., & Cravens, R. A. (1985). A study of 10 men charged with patricide. The American journal of psychiatry, 142(9), 1089–1092. https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.142.9.1089
Disciplines
Psychiatry
PubMedID
4025628
Department(s)
Department of Psychiatry
Document Type
Article