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J Am Acad Psychiatry Law 35:3:306-312 (2007)
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Parricide: A Comparative Study of Matricide Versus Patricide

Dominique Bourget, MD, Pierre Gagné, MD and Mary-Eve Labelle

Dr. Bourget is Associate Professor of Psychiatry, University of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, and Coroner, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. Dr. Gagné is Associate Professor of Psychiatry, University of Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada, and Coroner, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. Ms. Labelle is a student, Biopharmaceutical Science Program, University of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. The work was performed in the Quebec Coroner's Office, Ministry of Public Security, Quebec City, Quebec. Address correspondence to: Dominique Bourget, MD, Royal Ottawa Hospital, 1145 Carling Avenue, Ottawa, Ontario K1Z 7K4, Canada. E.-mail: dbourget{at}rohcg.on.ca

Between 1990 and 2005, 64 parents were killed by their children in the province of Quebec, Canada. The authors reviewed all consecutive coroners' files on these cases and found that 27 mothers and 37 fathers were the victims of parricide. The sample included 56 perpetrators: 52 sons and 4 daughters; 9 cases of double parricide were found. Approximately 15 percent of the perpetrators (8/56) attempted suicide following the parricide. A psychiatric motive (stemming from depression or psychotic illness) was determined for 65.5 percent (36/56) of the perpetrators, and 67 percent of them had a psychotic disorder. Similarities and differences were found between cases of matricide and patricide.




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Commentary: Parricides Unanswered Questions, Methodological Obstacles, and Legal Considerations
J Am Acad Psychiatry Law, September 1, 2007; 35(3): 313 - 316.
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