From overkill to beheading: a case report of a schizophrenic matricide
| Autor: | Alessandro Mauro Tavone, Gabriele Mandarelli, Saverio Potenza, Luigi Tonino Marsella, Gian Luca Marella, Maurizio Marasco, Giulia Petroni, Roberto Catanesi |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2022 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
media_common.quotation_subject Autopsy medicine.disease Pathology and Forensic Medicine Psychological evaluation Insanity Delusion Schizophrenia Homicide Genetics medicine Settore MED/43 medicine.symptom Psychology Psychiatry Pathological media_common Diagnosis of schizophrenia |
| Popis: | Initial evidence exists on a subtype of matricide committed by subjects suffering from severe mental disorders. Matricide perpetrators often undergo a forensic psychiatric evaluation during the subsequent criminal trial because of supposed legal insanity. The few studies on matricide by mentally disordered perpetrators suggested a possible association between such extreme form of violence and schizophrenia spectrum disorders, especially in case of active delusions or hallucinations. METHODS we analyze a case of a young male with a recent diagnosis of psychotic disorder who committed matricide by inflicting multiple injuries and beheading. Data emerging from the forensic pathological analysis of the victim, as well as the forensic psychiatric analysis of the matricide perpetrator are discussed within an interdisciplinary perspective. RESULTS the autopsy revealed multiple stab wounds in the regions of the upper limbs, abdomen, chest, and neck, the latter determining beheading. The forensic psychiatric evaluation yielded a diagnosis of schizophrenia and clarified the causal role in the homicidal behavioral of active psychotic symptoms. CONCLUSION the specific type of delusional content, and perpetrator-victim relationship might contribute explaining a subtype of extremely violent homicide in recent onset schizophrenia. |
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