TY - JOUR T1 - Commentary: Addressing Suicidality in the Treatment of Parricidal Offenders JF - Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online JO - J Am Acad Psychiatry Law SP - 221 LP - 222 VL - 38 IS - 2 AU - Marc Hillbrand Y1 - 2010/06/01 UR - http://jaapl.org/content/38/2/221.abstract N2 - 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. ER -