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. 2006 Jul-Sep;40(3):293-6.

[Obsession-impulsion infanticide]

[Article in French]
Michel Gourévitch
  • PMID: 17526415

[Obsession-impulsion infanticide]

[Article in French]
Michel Gourévitch. Hist Sci Med. 2006 Jul-Sep.

Abstract

In 1836, the case-history of a young mother, the victim of a phobia of the impulsion to murder her infant. Esquirol considers her case as one of homocidial monomania, and classifies her among psychotic patients who have actually killed.

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