Article Figures & Data
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Authors Period Nation/City n cases Notes Data Sources Kind of Mental Illness (MI) % MI % of MI in Treatment Before the H-S Virkunnen31 1955–1970 Finland 126 Central Statistical Office, hospital records Schizophrenia, paranoid psychosis, psychotic depression 10
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3Gudjonsson and Petursson32 1900–1979 Iceland 4 Police records, interviews with police, medical reports Psychotic illness 75 Allen28 1970–1979 Los Angeles 104 Police files Depression 18 Rosenbaum27 1978–1987 Albuquerque, New Mexico 12 Couples only (70.6% of the total of 17 H-S cases) Police files, interviews with family and friends, hospital records Depressive disorders (major depression, bipolar, dysthymia) 75 33 Milroy14 1975–1992 Yorkshire and the Humber. UK 52 Coroners' records Mental health issues 21 Buteau et al.33 1988–1990 Quebec 39 Coronial services Any mental disorder (substance abuse included), depression 67
4631 Milroy et al.29 1985–1989 Victoria, Australia 39 Coronial services Depression, erotomania, morbid jealousy (Othello syndrome) 18 Cohen et al.22 1988–1994 Florida (west central and southeastern) 48 Twenty-seven cases of spousal H-S in old couples in west central Florida and 21 in Southeastern Florida Complete medical examiner files and newspaper reports Depression, other mental illnesses, alcohol/drug abuse 29
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6Morton et al.20 1988–1992 North Carolina 99 Only cases involving female victims (>15 years old) and perpetrated by an intimate partner Database of the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner (OCME) Evidence of mental illness, substance abuse 15
18Lecomte and Fornes15 1991–1996 Paris and suburbs 56 Police and judicial files Severe depression, evidence of psychosis, chronic alcoholism 75
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29Malphurs and Cohen34 1997–1999 United States 673 Newspaper surveillance History of psychiatric illness 3.8 Bourget and Gagné35 1991-May 1998 Quebec 11 Only cases of maternal filicide-suicide Coroners' files Depression, psychosis 82
9Campanelli and Gilson36 1995–2000 New Hampshire 16 Office of Chief Medical Examiner Depression, chronic alcoholism, schizophrenia 38
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6Chan et al.9 1989–1998 Hong Kong 56 Coroner's Court Depression, schizophrenia 19.6
7.1Hatters Friedman et al.37 1958–2002 Cleveland 30 Only filicide- suicides Coroners' files Depression, psychosis, previous suicide attempt 57
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10Malphurs and Cohen5 1998–1999 Florida 20 Only spousal/consortial H-S involving perpetrators aged 55 years old and older Medical examiner files and law enforcement investigative reports Depressed mood, suicidal ideation, suicide threat 65
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15Koziol-McLain et al.38 1994–2000 United States (11 cities) 67 Only selected femicide-suicide cases Police and medical examiner records Alcohol problem, substance abuse, suicide threats 52
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51Bossarte et al.4 2003–2004 Several of the United States 209 National Violent Death Reporting System (NVDRS) Current mental illness, history of mental illness, current depression, alcohol/drug abuse, previous suicide attempts 11
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2.6Moskowitz et al.39 1991–2000 New Zealand 33 Police files and coroners' reports Mood disorder, schizophrenia or nonaffective psychosis anorexia nervosa 27.3
12.1
324.2 Léveillée et al.40 1986-March 1994 Quebec 38 Exclusively filicide-suicides Office of the Chief Coroner of Quebec Depressive disorders, substance abuse 32
5Saleva et al.2 April 1987-March 1988 Finland 10 Interviews with family, official policy, medical records Major depression, possible depressive disorder, alcohol/drug abuse 40
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20Gupta and Gambhir Singh41 2000–2004 Jamnagar region of Gujarat, India 8 Police inquest, interviews with family, hospital indoor case papers Mental illness 12.5 Barber et al.42* 2001–2002 United States 74 Coroner or medical examiner reports, police records Use of antidepressants 15 Logan et al.43 2003–2005 17 U.S. states 408 National Violent Death Reporting System (NVDRS) Current depressed mood, current mental health problem, alcohol dependence, other substance abuse problem, history of suicide attempts, suspected intoxication, mental distress resulting in mercy killing 12.5
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12 (anti-depressants)Yip et al.10 1989–2005 Hong Kong 99 Death reports, investigation reports, autopsy reports, psychological reports Any mental disorder 17.4 Shiferaw et al.44 1956–2005 Geneva, Switzerland 23 Coroners' records Depression, psychosis 30
17Gregory45 1993–2007 Yorkshire and the Humber, UK 30 Coroners' records Mental health issues 7 Haines et al.46 20 years Tasmania 22 Coroners' records Depression, psychotic symptoms, alcohol abuse, psychiatric disturbance, psychiatric hospitalization 9
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25Bourget et al.47 1992–2007 Quebec 15 Only H-Ss perpetrated by individuals aged 65 or older Coroners' files Major depression, other psychiatric disorder, other psychosis 87
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6Dogan et al.48 2000–2007 Konya, Turkey 10 The Konya Branch of the Forensic Medicine Council Major depression, antisocial personality disorder, reactive depression in a pedophile 20
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↵* We have included this study considering the use of antidepressants as a measure of mental illness, despite the diagnostic category.
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