PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Marc Hillbrand
TI  - Commentary: Addressing Suicidality in the Treatment of Parricidal Offenders
DP  - 2010 Jun 01
TA  - Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online
PG  - 221--222
VI  - 38
IP  - 2
4099  - http://jaapl.org/content/38/2/221.short
4100  - http://jaapl.org/content/38/2/221.full
SO  - J Am Acad Psychiatry Law2010 Jun 01; 38
AB  - The high rate of suicides among parricidal offenders has important treatment implications. It suggests that the assessment and management of the risks of suicide and of interpersonal violence need to be conducted in an integrative fashion. It highlights the role of hopelessness and despair in parricidal acts and the need to target these for treatment, ideally by combining group and individual psychotherapy.