Violence against women is widely recognised as a violation of human rights and a public
health problem. In this Series paper, we argue that violence against women is also a …

Abstract Homicide-suicides (HS), the murder of one or several individuals followed by the
perpetrator's suicide, are a major public health problem. Despite an abundant literature on …

La prevención de la violencia contra la pareja supone un problema que ha suscitado gran
interés a nivel internacional. El homicidio de pareja es el exponente más grave, aunque su …

Background: Forensic patients are often admitted to psychiatric hospitals without any details
of illness or treatment. They pose a unique challenge for clinical services in the context of …

Intimate partner violence against women is a global and persistent public health issue. An
extreme manifestation of this problem is intimate partner femicide (IPF), the killing of a …

Abstract Recent Findings In homicide-suicide (HS), a perpetrator kills at least one victim and
then commits suicide within a time frame, which is not consistently described in the literature …

Familicides have received relatively little attention and are mostly discussed in studies with
broader aims. Here, we reviewed 67 studies from 18 countries on familicides, in which an …

Mental health is a matter of vital importance in today's society, with the news media reporting
on the topic on an almost daily basis. Despite this, the language associated with mental …

Prevalence of homicide-suicides is difficult to determine in Greece due to the lack of a
national tracking system. The aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence of the …

Parricide is a rare type of homicide in which mental illness is often an important factor. The
aims of this study were (a) to describe the characteristics of parricide offenders with a focus …