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Editorial
. 2023 Apr 24:14:1159443.
doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1159443. eCollection 2023.

Editorial: The challenge of understanding and preventing filicide

Thea Brown  1 , Danielle Tyson  2 , Paula Fernandez Arias  1 , Salmi Razali  3
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Editorial: The challenge of understanding and preventing filicide

Thea Brown et al. Front Psychol. .
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Keywords: child abuse; domestic violence; familicide; filicide; infanticide; mental illness.

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