Meloy J Reid
University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine, San Diego, CA, USA.
J Forensic Sci. 2010 Sep;55(5):1393-6. doi: 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2010.01414.x.
A case of infanticide committed by a 37-year-old married man, the father of three sons, is reported. Clinically depressed since adolescence, and also diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive disorder and a dependent personality, the subject began to worry about killing someone a decade before the homicide. Increasingly disabled by his major depression, unable to work, and confined in his home, the idea that his only recourse was to kill one of his sons became fixed and frequent. Following his fourth psychiatric hospitalization, he took his 13-month-old son home from day care and drowned him in the bathtub. He then called the police and reported his crime. This sudden act of intentional killing was followed by a period of emotional relief and calmness, clearly illustrating the three stages of chronic catathymic homicide.
据报道，一名37岁的已婚男子杀害了自己的婴儿，他是三个儿子的父亲。该男子自青少年时期起就患有临床抑郁症，还被诊断出患有强迫症和依赖型人格障碍，在杀人事件发生的十年前就开始担心自己会杀人。他因重度抑郁症日益丧失能力，无法工作，只能待在家里，认为唯一的办法就是杀死自己的一个儿子，这种想法变得根深蒂固且频繁出现。在第四次因精神疾病住院治疗后，他从日托所接回13个月大的儿子，将其溺死在浴缸里。然后他打电话报警并自首。这起突然的故意杀人行为之后是一段时间的情绪缓解和平静，清楚地说明了慢性激情杀人的三个阶段。
