Krischer Maya K, Stone Michael H, Sevecke Kathrin, Steinmeyer Eckhard M
Clinic of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Cologne, Robert-Koch-Strasse 10, 50935 Cologne, Germany.
Int J Law Psychiatry. 2007 May-Jun;30(3):191-200. doi: 10.1016/j.ijlp.2007.03.003. Epub 2007 Apr 23.
The objective of this study was to examine different motivational factors, leading mothers to commit neonaticidal, infanticidal or filicidal acts. This study was based on data gathered through a retrospective chart review of all filicidal women admitted to the Mid-Hudson Forensic Psychiatric Hospital in New York State (MHFPC) between 1976 and 2000 (n=57). Because our sample was drawn from MHFPC records it excludes filicidal mothers who went directly to prison. Our women were either found not competent to stand trial, or found not guilty by reason of insanity, or were convicted offenders who were seriously mentally ill and were not sent to prison. Fourteen percent committed neonaticide, meaning that they killed their child within the first day of its life; 21% killed the child after the first day but before it reached its first birthday (infanticide); and 65% committed filicide by murdering a child older than one. Two groups of women could be identified as having different motivational profiles: The neonaticidal mothers were mostly troubled by psychosis and social problems while the filicidal women were defined as severely depressed, with a history of self-directed violence and a high rate of suicide attempts following the filicidal offense.
本研究的目的是探究导致母亲实施杀新生儿、杀婴或杀子行为的不同动机因素。本研究基于对1976年至2000年间入住纽约州中哈得孙法医精神病医院（MHFPC）的所有杀子女性（n = 57）进行回顾性病历审查所收集的数据。由于我们的样本取自MHFPC的记录，因此排除了直接入狱的杀子母亲。我们研究的女性要么被认定无受审能力，要么因精神错乱被判定无罪，要么是被定罪的重性精神病罪犯且未被送进监狱。14%的人实施了杀新生儿行为，即她们在孩子出生第一天内将其杀害；21%的人在孩子出生第一天后但未满一岁前将其杀害（杀婴）；65%的人通过谋杀一岁以上儿童实施了杀子行为。可以确定两组女性具有不同的动机特征：杀新生儿的母亲大多受精神病和社会问题困扰，而杀子女性则被定义为严重抑郁，有自我暴力史，且在杀子犯罪后自杀未遂率很高。
