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Intimate Female Partner Homicide Suicide: demographic and psychopathology aspects of perpetrators and a potential not yet classified diagnostic entityAnalyses of data taken from newspapers in Italy from 2009 to 2019.
Bersani, Giuseppe; Rinaldi, Raffaella; Pacitti, Francesca; Bonucci, Alessio; Cavallo, Giovanni; Delli Carpini, Flora; Riccobono, Giulia; Iannitelli, Angela.
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  • Bersani G; Minds in Network, Rome, Italy.
  • Rinaldi R; Department of Anatomical, Histological, Forensic and Orthopedic Sciences, Departmental Section of Legal Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy.
  • Pacitti F; Department of Clinical Sciences and Applied Biotechnology, University of L'Aquila, Italy.
  • Bonucci A; Department of Human Neurosciences, Sapienza University of Rome.
  • Cavallo G; Department of Human Neurosciences, Sapienza University of Rome.
  • Delli Carpini F; Minds in Network, Rome, Italy.
  • Riccobono G; Department of Clinical Sciences and Applied Biotechnology, University of L'Aquila, Italy.
  • Iannitelli A; Department of Clinical Sciences and Applied Biotechnology, University of L'Aquila, Italy - Italian Psychoanalytical Society (SPI), Rome, Italy; International Psychoanalytical Association (IPA), London, UK.
Riv Psichiatr ; 57(6): 273-281, 2022.
Article en En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36503941
INTRODUCTION: The homicide of the female partner followed by suicide of the perpetrator (Intimate Female Partner Homicide Suicide - IFPHS) has been a growing phenomenon over last years, but its psychosocial and psychopathological aspects have not been analyzed in-depth yet. PURPOSE: The aim of this study was to investigate common psychopathological elements in different IFPHS and a specific risk profile for both the couple and the male partner, with the possibility to define a new serial mental condition not classified to date. METHODS: A series of 50 cases of greater media coverage was reconstructed from the Italian newspapers in the period from 2009 to 2019 and information was collected through a predefined form. The characteristics of the perpetrators and the modalities through which the events occurred have been considered. RESULTS: No definite mental disorder is present in the history of almost all cases. A more common psychological profile is found for the homicide/suicide male partner, mainly characterized by jealousy, possessiveness, mood reactivity, rage, and impulsiveness. CONCLUSIONS: It can be hypothesized that such a severe act may express a form of mental disorder not yet classified, with main features of an acute state of mixed depressive mood, emotional discontrol and aggressive impulsiveness, on a personality basis of jealousy and possessiveness, possibly reinforced by previous dependent traits of the female partner. But the methodological limitations of gathering information from the press make it necessary the study in depth, based on more direct and objective methodologies, of such a highly dramatic and heterogeneous phenomenon.
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Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: Suicidio / Homicidio Tipo de estudio: Diagnostic_studies Límite: Female / Humans / Male Idioma: En Revista: Riv Psichiatr Año: 2022 Tipo del documento: Article País de afiliación: Italia Pais de publicación: Italia
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Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: Suicidio / Homicidio Tipo de estudio: Diagnostic_studies Límite: Female / Humans / Male Idioma: En Revista: Riv Psichiatr Año: 2022 Tipo del documento: Article País de afiliación: Italia Pais de publicación: Italia