@article {Bourget306, author = {Dominique Bourget and Pierre Gagn{\'e} and Mary-Eve Labelle}, title = {Parricide: A Comparative Study of Matricide Versus Patricide}, volume = {35}, number = {3}, pages = {306--312}, year = {2007}, publisher = {Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online}, abstract = {Between 1990 and 2005, 64 parents were killed by their children in the province of Quebec, Canada. The authors reviewed all consecutive coroners{\textquoteright} files on these cases and found that 27 mothers and 37 fathers were the victims of parricide. The sample included 56 perpetrators: 52 sons and 4 daughters; 9 cases of double parricide were found. Approximately 15 percent of the perpetrators (8/56) attempted suicide following the parricide. A psychiatric motive (stemming from depression or psychotic illness) was determined for 65.5 percent (36/56) of the perpetrators, and 67 percent of them had a psychotic disorder. Similarities and differences were found between cases of matricide and patricide.}, issn = {1093-6793}, URL = {https://jaapl.org/content/35/3/306}, eprint = {https://jaapl.org/content/35/3/306.full.pdf}, journal = {Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online} }