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The two samples after the exclusion of cases. Dc, death certificate; Fa, forensic autopsy report; F, court and medical records or medical examination.
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Less than 1 year n (%) 1–4 Years n (%) 5–14 Years n (%) n Mean Age SD 95% CI N mothers* 56 (62) 56 0 F-S mothers 7 (8) 7 (14) 8 (14) 22 4.0 4.2 2.2–5.9 F-S fathers 1 (1) 19 (38) 33 (57) 53 6.4 3.7 5.3–7.4 F mothers 19 (21) 16 (32) 8 (14) 43 2.2 2.1 1.6–2.9 F fathers 8 (9) 8 (16) 9 (15) 25 4.2 4.4 2.3–6.1 TOTAL 91 (100) 50 (100) 58 (100) 199† 3.2 3.8 2.6–3.7 N, neonaticides (n = 56); F-S, filicide-suicides (n = 75); F, other filicides (n = 68).
*The perpetrator in four cases was unknown.
† The sex of one perpetrator was unknown.
Mothers (n = 38) Fathers (n = 20) Information available, n (%) Cases, n 37 15 Psychosis 12 (32) 2 (13) Psychosis and personality disorder 1 (3) — Psychosis and substance use 1 (3) 1 (7) Psychotic depression 4 (11) — Psychotic depression and personality disorder 1 (3) — Depression and personality disorder and/or substance abuse 5 (14) 1 (7) Depression 1 (3) — Personality disorder 7 (19) 4 (27) Personality disorder and substance abuse — 5 (33) Personality disorder and depression 1 (3) — Personality disorder features,neurosis 4 (11) 2 (13) Information not available, % Cases, n 1 5 Psychotic state total % 51 20 Personality disorders total % 41 67 Depression total % 32 7 Substance abuse total % 3 47 Mothers (n = 38) Fathers/Stepfathers (n = 20) Responsibility Information available, n 37 17 Not responsible for one's actions by reason of insanity, n (%) 28 (76) 3 (18) Diminished responsibility, n (%) 6 (16) 11 (65) Responsible for the act, n (%) 2 (5) 3 (18) Information concealed, n (%) 1 (3) 0 Mental examination not required, n 1 2 No information available, n 0 1 Sentences Information available, n 36 18 No sentence, n (%) 25 (69) 3 (17) On probation, n (%) 1 (3) — Imprisonment, mean years 5.2 9.1 SD (95% CI) 4.7 (1.8–8.4) 4.6 (6.8–11.4) Imprisonment from 10–15 years or life sentence, n (%) 2 (6) 10 (56) No sentence due to suicide of the parent or missing information, n 2 2 Characteristic McKee and Shea33 Bourget and Gagné8 Bourget and Bradford7 Somander and Rammer10 Marleau23 Kauppi et al. Sample, n 20 77 13 94 10 200 Maternal, % 20 — 69 30 f-s/50 f — 61 Paternal, % — 77 31 46 f-s/17 f 10 39 Neonaticide, n 2 — — 1 — 56 Filicide-suicide, n 3 46 — 58 — 75 Other filicide, n — — — 24 — 69 (65 studied more closely) Age of perpetrator, y — — 27.3 — 32 — Mothers 29.3 — — — — 27 (n = 65) Fathers — 39 — — — 29 (n = 65) Married or cohabiting, % 65 — 61 — 40 84–70% (n = 65) Mean age of victim, y 2.7 7 2.8 6.5 f-s/3.5 f 5 3.2 (n = 200) Maternal — — — — — 1.6 Paternal — — — — — 5.6 Female victims, % 46 45 — 50 54 50 (n = 200) Male victims, % 54 55 — 50 46 50 Altruistic motive, % 15 — — Almost all — — Mental illness, % — 60 — — — — Psychosis, % 40 10 — 40 — 51 m/20 f Depression, % 25 52 31 40 — 32 m/7 f Personality disorder, % — — 53 80 — 41 m/67 f Alcohol abuse, % 5 5 — 25 — 3 m/47 f Child abuse, % — 33 — 6 — 18 Domestic violence, % 21 40 — — — 33 m victims/45 f abusers Not responsible by reason of insanity, % 20 — 15 Almost all — 76 m/18 f f-s, filicide-suicides; f, other filicides; m, male; f, female; —, data not reported.
