Bereavement in Those Who Have Killed

Fraser, Kim

doi:10.1177/002580248802800209

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“…He described how the therapist can be overwhelmed by the enormity of the suffering and sense of helplessness of the family, and the importance of having a frame of reference to enable the therapist to ''hang in'' with the family's pain. Fraser (1988) addressed the issue of treatment of depressive illness and abnormal grief reactions in perpetrators of homicide not derived from psychotic illness. He reviewed the literature and drew on clinical experience.…”

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The aftermath: aspects of recovery described by perpetrators of maternal filicide committed in the context of severe mental illness

Stanton

Simpson²

2006

Behavioral Sci & The Law

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Mentally abnormal maternal filicide is a rare and horrifying event. Clinicians are unlikely to develop broad experience with this and there is little information available about recovery. This paper presents a range of descriptions of recovery experiences derived from a qualitative study of mentally abnormal maternal filicide perpetrators. Transcripts from a qualitative, semi-structured interview study of six women who committed filicide in the context of major mental illness were reviewed. Descriptions related to rehabilitation issues were grouped and themes extracted. The women described patchy but horrific memories they avoided thinking and talking about. They described intense self-judgement and self-hate. They valued ongoing relationships with surviving children and were distressed by perceptions that they might be a danger to other children. Managing illness was not described as a major challenge. Acknowledgement of illness was described as important in coming to terms with what they had done. Surviving children and relationships with family and other support networks were described as important in their rehabilitation. We conclude that optimizing treatment and rehabilitation for mental illness, supporting the woman to acknowledge the role of illness in the offence, maximizing support from personal networks, and enabling her to regain some aspect of the mother role may be more efficacious than debriefing with respect to the offence.

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The aftermath: aspects of recovery described by perpetrators of maternal filicide committed in the context of severe mental illness

Stanton

Simpson²

2006

Behavioral Sci & The Law

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“…Case studies suggest that PTSD symptoms are more pronounced if the offenders have been emotionally attached to their victim (Harry and Resnick, 1986;Rynearson, 1984). A high proportion of people who kill experience abnormal grief reactions, which share some of the symptoms of PTSD, with a preponderance of guilt (Fraser, 1988). In their series of three patients, Harry and Resnick found that perpetrators of homicide may still suffer PTSD symptoms many years after the homicide.…”

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