Harrer G, Kofler-Westergren B
Psychopathology. 1986;19 Suppl 2:215-9. doi: 10.1159/000285158.
The delinquency of the depressed numerically only plays an unimportant role. The 'extended suicide' is regarded as the most typical and simultaneously most tragic delict. Almost exclusively this concerns severely depressed young mothers of 30 to 40 years of age, who in a delusional frame of mind include their children in their suicide, in order to prevent them from a presumably unavoidable disaster. Suicidality and aggressivity are intimately related phenomena, which should be treated in a forensic-psychiatric manner. Criminal acts, such as sexual and property delicts arising from an acting out of inner tension, may occur in anxiety or manic-depressive states of a mixed character. Although as a whole infrequent, the criminogenous importance of especially milder forms of depression is obviously often overlooked.
从数字上看，抑郁症患者的违法行为只起次要作用。“扩大性自杀”被视为最典型同时也是最悲惨的犯罪行为。几乎无一例外，这涉及30至40岁的重度抑郁年轻母亲，她们处于妄想心态，将自己的孩子纳入自杀行为中，以防止孩子遭遇可能无法避免的灾难。自杀倾向和攻击性是密切相关的现象，应以法医精神病学方式进行处理。诸如因内在紧张情绪发泄而产生的性犯罪和财产犯罪等犯罪行为，可能发生在具有混合特征的焦虑或躁狂抑郁状态中。尽管总体上并不常见，但尤其轻度抑郁症形式的犯罪成因重要性显然常常被忽视。
