Foto-Özdemir Dilşad, Balseven-Odabaşı Aysun, Balseven-Odabaşı Aysun, Karadağ Ferda, Akçan Ramazan, Yılmaz Eda
Departments of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.
Departments of Forensic Medicine, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.
Turk J Pediatr. 2019;61(4):622-628. doi: 10.24953/turkjped.2019.04.025.
Foto-Özdemir D, Balseven-Odabaşı A, Tekşam Ö, Karadağ F, Akçan F, Yılmaz E. Medicolegal evaluation of a maternal filicide attempt: a case report. Turk J Pediatr 2019; 61: 622-628. Filicide mainly refers to the murder of a child by his/her parents. Even though filicide is a rare event, outcome of filicide is more severe compared to other types of murders. In this report, we aim to discuss the factors in which the case of a woman who attempted to kill her 2.5-year-old daughter along with the demographical characteristics. Twenty-nine-year-old mother attempted to kill her daughter by hanging. Even though the victim did not die as the mother, regretted her action the triggers and the plot of the case discussed within the filicide framework. Therefore, the presented case report would contribute to the understanding of the nature of the filicide, and it might bring a different perspective, because of the different development process of filicide, sharing the disorder and interwoven motivations between the child and mother. In this respect, we aim to draw attention of pediatricians, child psychiatrists and forensic pathologists about the importance of filicide.
福托 - 厄兹德米尔D、巴尔塞文 - 奥达巴şıA、特克萨姆Ö、卡拉达ğF、阿克çanF、伊尔马兹E。一例母亲弑婴未遂案的法医学评估：病例报告。《土耳其儿科学杂志》2019年；61: 622 - 628。弑婴主要指父母杀害自己的孩子。尽管弑婴是罕见事件，但与其他类型的谋杀相比，弑婴的后果更为严重。在本报告中，我们旨在探讨一名试图杀害其2.5岁女儿的女性案例中的相关因素以及人口统计学特征。一名29岁的母亲试图通过上吊杀死她的女儿。尽管受害者没有像母亲那样死亡，但母亲对自己的行为感到后悔，在弑婴框架内讨论了该案件的触发因素和情节。因此，所呈现的病例报告将有助于理解弑婴的本质，并且由于弑婴的发展过程不同，分享了孩子与母亲之间的紊乱和交织的动机，可能会带来不同的视角。在这方面，我们旨在引起儿科医生、儿童精神科医生和法医病理学家对弑婴重要性的关注。
